![]() 11 A number of members were arrested after a brawl with Antifa protesters in New York City in October 2018. The organization participates in street violence and its hazing rituals are notorious for their brutality. Proud Boys founder McInnes has asserted that “e are not an extremist group and do not have ties with white nationalists.” 8 The Proud Boys openly professes “Western chauvinism,” which it defines as “includ all races, religions, and sexual preferences,” arguing that “the West is the best. 7 The group officially claims to oppose racism and admits non-white members (as an all-male organization, it bars women from joining). ![]() 6 A number of members, former members, or people claiming to be members have been involved in white supremacist activities or associated with explicit white supremacists. Observers on the political Left 5 and the Right have characterized the Proud Boys as extremist. In his statement, McInnes said he was reluctant to leave the organization, strongly denying that the group supports “white nationalists,” but did so after his “legal team and law enforcement that this gesture could help alleviate their sentencing.” 3 4 2 McInnes, who has stated that he was never the group’s official “leader,” left the Proud Boys in November 2018 following criminal charges that were leveled against multiple Proud Boys members. Proud Boys is a far-right and occasionally violent movement created by Gavin McInnes, a former journalist and political commentator best known as a co-founder of Vice Media 1 with a history of making anti-Semitic statements critical of the state of Israel and Jews.
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