The Daily Beast reports:
The New York Police Department announced Monday that it has enough evidence to charge nine members of the right-wing group Proud Boys and three protesters with various counts of rioting, assault and attempted assault.
The brawl between the two sides erupted a few blocks from the Metropolitan Republican Club after a speech by Proud Boys leader Gavin McInnes on Friday. NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said Monday police recovered multiple videos of the incident, and have spoken to witnesses and sources as they work to put together what took place in the moments after Proud Boys and associates left the Manhattan club.
A video by filmed by photojournalist Sandi Bachom shows Proud Boys beating people on the street while shouting homophobic slurs at several men as they kicked and punched people who laid on the ground.
“We will not tolerate any violence on the streets of New York City, and anyone, from any group, who participates in violence will be vigorously investigated.” – @NYPDDetectives, Chief Shea pic.twitter.com/KQq1qbOpdH
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 15, 2018
Full remarks from @NYPDDetectives, Chief Shea on the incidents from this Thursday and Friday night in the Upper East Side of #Manhattan. We need your help identifying the individuals involved please contact @NYPDTips 800-577-TIPS pic.twitter.com/lbSGwpz3Uo
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 15, 2018
Here are the white supremacist group the Proud Boys throwing up the white supremacist hand signal (which is only a “joke”, right?) before they beat and assault people last night in NYC. Whenever they flash their “joke” hand signal, people seems to get beaten or killed afterwards pic.twitter.com/hDeV0lYkOk
— Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) October 13, 2018
Media outlets keep reporting on The Proud Boys as if they are some rowdy frat boys. When in reality, The PB is a very,very,very, dangerous white supremacist group, with members who have infiltrated police agencies around the country. This is the reason the PBs never get arrested
— Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) October 15, 2018
Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes: “I have a lot of support in the NYPD and I very much appreciate that” https://t.co/nkN3DlZ0Ar pic.twitter.com/ETtq904Ykb
— Media Matters (@mmfa) October 15, 2018
Sean Hannity says that he never heard of the Proud Boys.
Hannity has hosted Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes 24 times on his show, and in one instance, even agreed with McInnes’ call to violence. https://t.co/PCrFxY0oY9
— Media Matters (@mmfa) October 15, 2018
Tonight in NYC the #ProudBoys called people they considered to be “antifa” faggots as they beat them up. Gavin McInnes brandished a sword. The police provided them with protection. Then @FoxNews created this bullshit story. pic.twitter.com/AJoU91uLEH
— Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) October 13, 2018
Discussing the NYC event where the Proud Boys were filmed assaulting people, Gavin McInnes advocated using the slur “faggot” https://t.co/Wjn5NmaYmm pic.twitter.com/ov0c5OTOSd
— Media Matters (@mmfa) October 15, 2018
Let’s have some fun & play #DoxxAllYourBoys shall we? Here are most of the Proud Boys who posed for a group pic after mob beating 3 people while yelling homophobic slurs. They’d just come from Gavin’s murder reenactment. Check out this archive for details. https://t.co/p0vOMp9Ppe pic.twitter.com/4ItOwzyOdN
— New York City Antifa (@NYCAntifa) October 14, 2018
Remember when Mike Cernovich had the same NYC Proud Boys on stage at his “Night for Freedom” event this year? Good times. pic.twitter.com/qgww9rEj3O
— Michael Exorcist II: The Heretic ⛪️???? (@MichaelEHayden) October 15, 2018
Here’s a portion of the livestream uploaded by a Proud Boy (since deleted) which shows a member bragging about kicking “a foreigner” in the head. full video here: https://t.co/PBJoW8hCGi pic.twitter.com/qlZipdRMsd
— Jake Offenhartz (@jangelooff) October 13, 2018