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The Daily Beast reports:
Members of the far-right Proud Boys men’s group repeatedly tried to confront an anti-Trump demonstration in Orlando on Tuesday, only to be blocked by police. The incident, documented by videos posted to social media, happened near President Donald Trump’s campaign kickoff at Orlando’s Amway Center.
That footage shows dozens of Proud Boys and their pro-Trump allies marching towards the anti-Trump rally on Tuesday afternoon, but before they could reach the anti-Trump group, they were blocked by a line of police officers who were using their bicycles as barriers.
The Proud Boys in Orlando chanted that former Trump advisor and Florida resident Roger Stone “did nothing wrong” and praised former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The late dictator is a favorite with the Proud Boys because of his regime’s practice of murdering left-wing activists by throwing them out of helicopters.
Members of the white supremacist Proud Boys group have been stopped from reaching anti-Trump protesters. pic.twitter.com/c3wXFhMIcM
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) June 18, 2019
A stadium announcement from the campaign here at the Amway Center in Orlando just told Trump supporters to not touch any protesters and chant “Trump Trump Trump” instead. True story.
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) June 18, 2019
The Proud Boys white supremacist group has been stopped by bicycle police in Orlando. pic.twitter.com/ivjCsmaShx
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) June 18, 2019
Proud Boys and white power signs in Orlando. pic.twitter.com/t0ELnjtkTB
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) June 18, 2019
Proud Boys member (self-described Western Chauvinist men’s group) says he’s at Trump rally with tactical gear to protect Trump fans from liberals. pic.twitter.com/c36BtyQmUC
— Jean Guerrero (@jeanguerre) June 18, 2019
It’s not even the white power hand gesture that makes Proud Boys so f’ing gross, it’s the face they make when flashing it at cameras. It’s them saying, go head and call this what it really is, cause willfully ignorant people, who have our back, will excuse it away as an ok sign. pic.twitter.com/u5MXOztdtq
— Jeremy Newberger (@jeremynewberger) June 18, 2019
Any news outlets that cover Trump’s rallies live are complicit in inciting violence & hate crimes by amplifying White Supremacist dog whistles that empower racist groups like Proud Boys.
— Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) June 19, 2019
Good to catch up with the Proud Boys at the Mt Gravatt Bowls Club. Contrary to popular opinion they are not Nazis, just blokes who are sick of all the PC nonsense. pic.twitter.com/llLYnCcdTF
— Lyle Shelton (@LyleShelton) June 13, 2019
Proud Boys came looking for a fight, though heavily and outnumbered by protest crowd in #Orlando and prevented from breaching barrier set by @OrlandoPolice (who were totally pro) #babytrump pic.twitter.com/FPPVVwH5sa
— MARCH TO SAVE DEMOCRACY (@March2SaveD) June 19, 2019