Two members of the far-right organization the Proud Boys were sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday for attacking four counter-protesters at a 2018 New York City event.
Last summer, Maxwell Hare and John Kinsman were found guilty in New York State Supreme Court of attempted gang assault, attempted assault, and riot. The two were accused of attacking four anti-fascist counter-protesters at an event at New York City’s Metropolitan Club, where Gavin McInnes, the founder of the Proud Boys, was slated to speak.
Although Hare and Kinsman argued during...
Last summer, Maxwell Hare and John Kinsman were found guilty in New York State Supreme Court of attempted gang assault, attempted assault, and riot. The two were accused of attacking four anti-fascist counter-protesters at an event at New York City’s Metropolitan Club, where Gavin McInnes, the founder of the Proud Boys, was slated to speak.
Although Hare and Kinsman argued during...
- 10/22/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
In the wake of the El Paso shooting and other white supremacist-motivated attacks, the Department of Homeland Security has added white supremacy to its list of domestic terrorism threats, marking the first time since the creation of the department post-9/11 that it has emphasized white nationalist domestic terrorism as a threat on par with that posed by foreign groups.
In a speech at the Brookings Institute on Friday, Kevin McAleenan, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said that recent mass shootings had “galvanized the Department of Homeland...
In a speech at the Brookings Institute on Friday, Kevin McAleenan, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said that recent mass shootings had “galvanized the Department of Homeland...
- 9/23/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Three weeks after claiming he was attacked by a pair of masked men yelling racist and homophobic slurs, Empire actor Jussie Smollett turned himself in to Chicago police on Thursday. Smollett has been charged with filing a fake police report portraying himself as the victim of a hate crime. Attorneys for the actor say they intend to mount “an aggressive defense” of the charges.
Shortly after a police press conference Thursday, President Trump tweeted at the actor. “@JussieSmollett – what about Maga and the tens of millions of people you insulted...
Shortly after a police press conference Thursday, President Trump tweeted at the actor. “@JussieSmollett – what about Maga and the tens of millions of people you insulted...
- 2/21/2019
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
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