Three people arrested in clashes following the speech of the leader of the far right

NEW YORK – Three people were arrested in New York after violent clashes following a speech by the founder of a far-right group. Police announced on Saturday that she was watching a video of the clashes and could make further arrests.

The violence that took place on Friday night followed a speech by Gavin McInnes, founder of the Proud Boys, at the Metropolitan Republican Club. Proud Boys, exclusively male, describe themselves as "Western chauvinists".

The videos posted on YouTube show clashes between the Proud Boys and groups protesting McInnes' speech.

No serious injuries have been reported.

The three people arrested are charged with assault and are awaiting trial on Saturday in the Manhattan Criminal Court. Police spokesman J. Peter Donald said the department was reviewing the video and would make further arrests if necessary.

Some elected representatives expressed outrage at the violence and blamed the Proud Boys, who were designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

"I am disturbed and disgusted by the videos I've seen of members of the supremacist, neo-fascist, white Fier-Boys group, engaging in hate-motivated mass violence on the streets of New York." said public lawyer Letitia James, a Democrat running for the Attorney General.

Councilor Rory Lancman, also a Democrat, said a video showed police were on the scene of an assault by Proud Boys' members, but they did not arrest any members of the group. .

"It is disgusting to see white supremacists commit a hate-motivated crime on the streets of New York – in the eyes of the NYPD – and for any of them to be arrested or prosecuted," he said. Lancman.

The Republican club was vandalized by McInnes, co-founder of Vice Media, before Friday's speech. Republican state-wide officials said the damage includes broken windows, a spray-painted door and a glue-covered keyboard lock. A note left on the scene affirmed that the damage was only "the beginning".