HISTORICAL FACTS: 9 - The Untold Story

Proud Boy vanishes ahead of sentencing

Prosecutors are seeking decades-long prison terms for leaders of the Proud Boys

Salon · Aug 18, 2023

Proud Boy on house arrest in Jan. 6 case disappears ahead of sentencing

Authorities were searching Friday for a member of the Proud Boys extremist group who disappeared days before his sentencing in a U.S. Capitol riot case, where prosecutors are seeking more than a decade in prison

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

Justice Department seeks 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case

The Justice Department is seeking 33 years in prison for Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

Proud Boys fined over $1 million for ‘hateful and overtly racist’ attack on Black church

Compensation will be used to repair sign and increase security at the church amid ‘ongoing threats’

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2023

Judge awards a Black church $1M over BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest

Two Black Lives Matter banners were pulled down from Metropolitan AME and another historically Black church in Washington and burned during clashes between pro-Trump backers and counterdemonstrators.

WEKU · Jul 1, 2023

Judge awards Black church $1 million after BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest

A judge has awarded more than $1 million to a Black church in Washington, D

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2023

A MAGA movement betrayed morphs

In his new book "The Age of Insurrection," David Neiwert traces the path of the far-right since the Capitol riot

Salon · Jun 27, 2023

Infowars host Owen Shroyer pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge

Infowars host Owen Shroyer has pleaded guilty to joining the mob of Donald Trump supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023

Ex-Proud Boy from Aurora gets more than three years in prison for Jan. 6 Capitol assault

James Robert Elliott claims he was “filled with frustration, at the government, at Trump, at law-enforcement and also at myself” in the days after the riot.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 22, 2023

How pardoning extremists undermines the rule of law

In the past 10 years, there has been an increase in far-right political violence in the United States. While scholars have pointed to several possible reasons – and often, combinations of explanations – the trend is clear.

The Conversation · Jun 22, 2023