Far-right civil war accelerationists called the Boogaloo Bois are appearing at protests around the country with guns and Hawaiian shirts
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Started on forums and organized in private groups online, often associated with far-right extremist politics, the group has created confusion by attending recent protests. The far-right group, born from 4chan's /k/ board, which is dedicated to gun worship, has no firm central organization, and only has a loose collection of shared values, but has seemingly become activated by the anti-police protests, which many of them appear to largely agree with given their disdain for most forms of policing and oversight.
, calls the Boogaloos a "rebranding of sovereign citizen style libertarian-right militia" organizations. A central tenant of Boogaloo groups is to encourage preparation for the impending war, and orient members towards anti-police and anti-authority action when the time comes. Put simply, most Boogaloo Bois are "preppers with a sincere hatred of the federal government," Reid Ross said.
Screenshots from a 4chan message board obtained by far-right extremism researcher Alexander Reid Ross show comments from people identifying with the Boogaloo movement."Their opposition is not merely to Trump or to racist police, but to the sort of overarching authorities of federal government, and especially federal policing. Those overlaps have been fairly common for a long time among right-wing libertarians," Reid Ross said.
Beyond 4chan, Boogaloo Bois congregate on Facebook, Telegram, and Discord, the latter of which are largely unregulated social platforms.
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