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Darryl Finney, age 62.
Dana Woolfolk, with the National Coalition for the Homeless, read the names of dozens of Washingtonians who died in 2020 while experiencing homelessness. Sometimes he read only their ages. Other times just their initials.
One of the recurrent myths that far-right street brawlers such as the Proud Boys like to tell each other, is that what differentiates them from “rioters” like antifa and Black Lives Matter (BLM) is that they don’t engage in arson and property damage.
Proud Boys, some of them wearing Right Wing Death Squad shirts, set a Black Lives Matter banner, torn down from Asbury United Methodist Church, afire in the streets of Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12. Image from: Screengrab Twitter
One of the recurrent myths that far-right street brawlers such as the Proud Boys like to tell each other, in bullhorn speeches and social media posts, is that what differentiates them from “rioters” like antifa and Black Lives Matter (BLM) is that they don’t engage in arson and property damage: “That’s not who we are!” is a common refrain heard at right-wing events, including the recent pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” protests.
Proud Boys Attacked Black Churches In DC â Just Like KKK Screenshot from December 17, 2020 DailyKos/ Youtube
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One of the recurrent myths that far-right street brawlers such as the Proud Boys like to tell each other, in bullhorn speeches and social media posts, is that what differentiates them from rioters like antifa and Black Lives Matter (BLM) is that they don t engage in arson and property damage: That s not who we are! is a common refrain heard at right-wing events, including the recent pro-Trump Stop the Steal protests.
But it is, in fact, who they are, and worse. The Proud Boys who invaded Washington, D.C., last Saturday to protest Joe Biden s election made that more than clear when they began attacking and vandalizing African American churches with Black Lives Matter signs and banners, tearing them down and burning them in the streets. Metro D.C. police are now investigating the acts as hate crimes.
December 16, 2020
Proud Boys attended a pro-Trump rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday that ended with members of the group tearing down and destroying Black Lives Matter banners from two historic Black churches.
Saturday’s event was the latest in a series of demonstrations Trump supporters have held in Washington, D.C., and throughout the country to protest the results of the presidential election. Members of the Proud Boys, which the SPLC defines as a hate group, have been present at a number of these events.
In videos captured by a reporter from The Daily Caller, a group of Proud Boys carried a Black Lives Matter banner from Asbury United Methodist Church, a historic Black church founded in 1836. They posed for photos with the sign before placing it on the ground and setting it on fire. As they watched it burn, Proud Boys shouted “fuck antifa” and “Uhuru!” – a Swahili word for “freedom” that the group uses as an ironic slogan.
Proud Boys sparked clashes during pro-Trump rally, D.C. officials say Tom Jackman, Paul M. Duggan, Ann Marimow, Spencer Hsu
Police work to separate pro-Trump demonstrators and counter protests in D.C.
Replay Video District officials on Monday denounced the violence that erupted in downtown Washington over the weekend, blaming many of the clashes on protesters who refuse to accept the presidential election results. Police said the Proud Boys movement of white chauvinists amassed its largest gathering yet in the District and was met by anti-Trump counterprotesters who police said willingly engaged the group. Police said 39 people were arrested for protest-related actions Friday and Saturday. Prosecutors on Monday dropped charges in the highest-profile case, according to two people familiar with the case.