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The Proud Boys Are Back

The White-power militia poses a challenge to the FBI and Homeland Security

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Jeff Stein
Jul 03, 2024
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You can’t keep a Proud Boy down. 

Take Daniel Goodwyn, a web designer from San Francisco and a proud member of the violence-obsessed organization of young-ish white men. Now 34,  Goodwyn was sentenced in 2023 to 60 days in jail and a year of supervised probation, which is set to end in August.  The probation included monitoring his online habits, suspended for a while after the ruling was challenged.  A federal judge slapped it back on this week because he was back rabble-rousing on the web.

A Proud Boy White power hand gesture (Photo-Diego-Montoya-Alamy)

Elsewhere, Proud Boys are metastasizing in far flung chapters, ostentatiously showing their colors at Trump events, and even running for local offices. 

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