Right-wing group wins social media victory after violence in Manhattan

No member of the Proud Boys was arrested on Friday, which led the NYPD to be criticized for not acting against the group, on the part of two journalists and a legal observer who attended the meeting. violence.

At the press conference, Shea hijacked the critics, noting that the responding police were seeking to break off the fighting and assisting the wounded, and had promised that the NYPD would aggressively pursue those involved in the beatings.

Violence videos circulated widely on social media over the weekend. One of them showed what appeared to be a group of Proud Boys who rushed to join several other people who were beating three men, one of them being beaten relentlessly then that he was lying on the sidewalk.

McInnes, former co-founder of Vice Magazine and host of far-right media networks, including Infowars and the Canadian Rebel Media, has created Proud Boys as part of what he calls a "fraternal organization" for young men in 2016. During the initiation, members must declare themselves "a Western chauvinist who refuses to apologize for the creation of the modern world" and abstain from masturbation. To complete the initiation, members must also be tattooed Proud Boys and be beaten by colleagues while appointing five breakfast cereals, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which also designated them as hate group.

Finbarr Slonim, 20, Kai Russo, 20, and Caleb Perkins, 35, were arrested and charged as part of the alleged assault on Paul Miller, a man who was shooting videos of the event at outside the club that night, according to the New York Criminal Court. recordings.

A man who identified himself as Miller and was called a "freelance journalist" posted many videos outside the event before the violence broke out. In the videos, he turns away from the entrance because he had no ticket.

Finbarr Slonim, 20, Kai Russo, 20, and Caleb Perkins, 35, were arrested and charged with alleged assault on a man who was shooting video footage of the event outside the club that night. there, according to the records of the New York Criminal Court.

A man who identified himself as Paul Miller and was called "freelance journalist" had posted many videos outside the event before the violence broke out. In the videos, he turns away from the entrance because he had no ticket.

Miller, whose publications on social networks suggest that he sympathizes with the right group, posted on his YouTube account videos in which he claimed to want to "incite" an altercation with counter-protesters at the same time. Outside the Manhattan Republican Club before complaining had been beaten and his backpack stolen. The police are still searching for the person who allegedly stole Miller's backpack. Miller and this person had engaged in a physical altercation earlier in the evening when Miller had met him while he was filming and mocking counter-protesters. The short fight was captured on one of Miller's videos.

On Instagram, Miller commented on an article by McInnes, claiming that he had been "jumped by 10 Antifa members that they had stolen and had tried to kill me".

He added, "I was not looking at all."

Miller's night videos suggest the opposite.

About twenty protesters from Antifa shouted: "No Nazis, no KKK, no American fascists," Miller said in a video taken on YouTube before the event. "I want to go out there and set it up, but the cops are here, so we'll be nice. "

"I really want to ride them, but the cops are here, then."

Another video shows the Fier Boys coming out of the attack and shouting: "I love beer", referring to a remark made by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, at the time of writing. confirmation of charges hearing, as well as to take pictures.

In response to the videos, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and Attorney General all called for the arrest of those involved in the assault. The NYPD said the three wounded men refused to file a complaint or cooperate with any investigation.

In addition to the podcast, Mr. McInnes also posted on his Instagram account on Monday to promote an upcoming stream of his speech from Friday's event.

During the Proud Boys' party, McInnes resumed the beheading of Japanese socialist leader Inejiro Asanuma in 1960, before brandishing a sword in a street on the Upper East Side. The NYPD escorted McInnes out of the building. Shea later stated that the sword was plastic and the officers had asked McInnes to warm it up.

McInnes has released a photo of Asanuma being killed on Instagram, along with Nike's slogan: "Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything". He said he would play the entirety of his Friday speech on his Monday show on the CRTV television channel. Network of videos online.

McInnes and CRTV are checked on Facebook, and McInnes' CRTV videos sometimes get millions of views on the platform.

Facebook, which also owns Instagram, has not responded to a request for comment on the status of McInnes on the platforms.

In online videos, McInnes has repeatedly used insults against African Americans, Jews, women, and the LGBT community. After a Proud Boy event in 2017 that also ended in violence, McInnes told a right-wing presenter, "I can not recommend too much violence." It's a very effective way to resolve problems."

CRTV is currently broadcasting several Facebook ads featuring McInnes. In an ad, a shirtless McInnes talks about thousands of black Americans being murdered, saying "it's not by the cops, it's by other blacks."

McInnes and the Proud Boys were banned by Twitter, but previously had audited accounts. Efforts to circumvent the ban, including the creation of a new Twitter account and the referral of a surrogate user to the platform, were quickly closed by Twitter on Monday.