How the government allowed the Proud Boys’ violence to fester for years

The May 4 conviction of former Proud Boys national chairman Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and three other leaders on charges of seditious conspiracy and dozens of others was made possible by the Proud Boys themselves. Before, during, and after the Jan. 6 insurrection that briefly stopped the congressional certification of Joe Biden as president, the Proud Boys took credit for storming of the U.S. Capitol that resulted in five deaths. Simply put, the Proud Boys thought they could get away it because … they had almost always gotten away with it. Since crashing on to the political scene in 2016 with a t…

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