Trump-Supporting 'Proud Boys' Group Will Be Investigated by New York Hate Crimes Unit After Violence

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Source: Newsweek



Trump-Supporting 'Proud Boys' Group Will Be Investigated by New York Hate Crimes Unit After Violence in Manhattan

By Jason Lemon On 10/14/18 at 2:46 PM

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has criticized Republicans and called for a hate crime investigation by police after members of the far-right Trump-supporting Proud Boys group were involved in violent clashes in Manhattan on Friday evening.

The Democratic governor also pointed fingers at Donald Trump on Sunday, accusing the president and his party of fanning the flames of division within the country.

“So the president is on the stump today saying ‘the Democrats are a mob, the Democrats will bring chaos, they are leftists,’ and then coincidentally, the Republican Party in the State of New York invites a group known for violence and for hate speech,” Cuomo said, WAMC Northeast Public Radio reported, suggesting that the Proud Boys were invited specifically to cause a brawl........................................

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[samir.g]

1. they should be curb-stomped by Antifa

[RestoreAmerica2020]

2. Sure..sure he'll order investigation straight away!

[calimary]

3. Goon squad.

[BigmanPigman]

4. The Proud Boys are asses.

They tried to start violence at our peaceful rally over a year ago in San Diego. The sheriffs stood there and watched. They disrupted our speakers with sirens and bullhorns. Finally a former councilman who was a speaker called the chief of police and told her to call the sheriffs and get them to do their jobs and separate the Proud Boys away from our group. They are vile...both the sheriffs and the Proud Boys.

[the_sly_pig]

5. "Proud Boys"?

Did Grandma come up with that name?

[ProfessorPlum]

8. seriously, right? I can't think of a more pathetic name

unless it would be 'aggrieved snowflake lads'

[beachbum bob]

6. we need to send these punks to prison where they can make new friends

[forgotmylogin]

7. I hate that this happened...

but in the story, it says one of the protestors knocked a MAGA hat off one of their heads. That's not smart at all. If you don't want a fight, don't provoke one.

But yes, violent gangs have no place on the streets.

[Initech]

9. The sooner the Proud Boys are cast into the fiery pit from hell from which they came, the better!

[BumRushDaShow]

10. "The Democratic governor also pointed fingers at Donald Trump on Sunday"

No, the "Democratic governor" needs to point the finger at the fucking NYPD for standing there watching them assault people and not arrest any of them.