Inauguration Day will come and go. Violent domestic extremism may be around for a while
Updated Jan 16, 2021;
Posted Jan 16, 2021
Protesters, some wearing Proud Boys regalia, clash with counter-demonstrators after protesters gathered in Salem at the Oregon Capitol Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian)The Oregonian
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WASHINGTON — When it’s over, it won’t be over.
On alternative social media, self-styled militia and patriot websites and hate-group platforms like that of the Proud Boys, the message is the same: There are no plans to fade away after Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration.
“There’s no reason to believe that the problem we encountered in the U.S. Capitol on the 6th (of January) will dissipate,” warns Paul Joyal, a security expert who pointed to FBI alerts about possible political violence. “That in and of itself is evidence of a wide-ranging network of men of violence who are willing to take the law into their own hands.”