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George II

(67,782 posts)
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 12:11 AM Mar 2019

Proud Boys Plead Guilty To Charges Stemming From NYC Attacks

Source: Huffington Post

Prosecutors are recommending as much as a year in jail for members of the Proud Boys extremist gang, two of whom have pleaded guilty so far to charges stemming from a vicious attack outside a GOP event in Manhattan late last year.

Ten members of the Proud Boys appeared in New York Supreme Court on Friday, having initially faced charges of assault and rioting after they were caught on video ruthlessly beating protesters outside the Metropolitan Republican Club on the Upper East Side in October.

Initially, the Proud Boys ― a gang of right-wing extremists founded by Gavin McInnes, known for attacking protesters across the country ― blamed anti-fascists for starting the fight that night. But in December, surveillance video from a nearby building, along with footage taken by journalist Sandi Bachom, made it clear that the Proud Boys were the aggressors.

Two of them have taken plea deals in the case. Jake Freijo and Eryk Kacznyski pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct in exchange for their freedom and five days of community service. Another two ― Irvin Antillon and David Jacob ― are due back in court later this month.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-plead-guilty-to-assault-and-rioting-after-nyc-attacks_n_5c799948e4b0e5e313ca5030?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004



Sentence them to serve in one of the NYC prisons, each with an African American cell mate.
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Proud Boys Plead Guilty To Charges Stemming From NYC Attacks (Original Post) George II Mar 2019 OP
A picture is worth a thousand words Botany Mar 2019 #1
How many of those are in or going to jail, including Stone? George II Mar 2019 #2
Those "proud boys" are making the White Power gang sign that Trump makes all the time too Botany Mar 2019 #3
They curl their pudgy fingers into little donuts. They simply look silly. Judi Lynn Mar 2019 #5
George II , love your recommendation on where they serve - I second that. nt iluvtennis Mar 2019 #4
The irony here BumRushDaShow Mar 2019 #6

Botany

(70,506 posts)
3. Those "proud boys" are making the White Power gang sign that Trump makes all the time too
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 01:15 AM
Mar 2019

In Oct. of 2018 Trump spoke about "the good old Gen. Bobby Lee" in Lebanon, OH and that was no
mistake because that area is the home to the Klan in Ohio.

Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)
5. They curl their pudgy fingers into little donuts. They simply look silly.
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 02:04 AM
Mar 2019

Quite a little long in the tooth to be acting so childish.

BumRushDaShow

(129,018 posts)
6. The irony here
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 09:19 AM
Mar 2019

is that the cops arrested the antifa folks who were attacked and let these hoodlums roam the streets attacking more people before the cops were finally called out on their idiotic decision and started tracking these guys down. By then, they had already gone on a coast-to-coast melee, viciously attacking protestors at their events.

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