- document from the Clark County sheriff's office in Washington state.
- Vice Media co-founder Gavin McInnes.
- The Proud Boys are known for anti-Muslim and misogynistic rhetoric, the Southern Poverty Law Center says on its website.
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The FBI has officially declared the 'Proud Boys,' a far-right 'Western chauvinist' group with a penchant for street fights, as 'extremist'
The FBI has officially declared the far-right "Proud Boys" as an "extremist group with ties to white nationalism."
The FBI has designated the far-right "Proud Boys" as an "extremist group with ties to white nationalism," according to a document from the Clark County sheriff's office in Washington state.
The report was obtained by The Guardian via the Property of the People, and it marks the first reported instance of the FBI referring to the group as "extremist."
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The Proud Boys, which recently made headlines over its involvement in street violence in New York City and Portland, was founded by
The FBI avoided explicitly addressing the designation of the Proud Boys as an extremist group in comments to INSIDER, but did say it "
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