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The Daily Beast reports:
Members of the far-right Proud Boys men’s group allegedly made a threatening late-night visit recently to the home of one of their critics, the latest in the group’s escalating actions against its detractors.
Gwen Snyder, an amateur researcher in Philadelphia who tracks the group’s movements, wasn’t at home when a group of men visited her residence around 11 p.m. on June 29.
Instead, the men talked to her neighbor, according to Snyder, and warned that Snyder needed to stop posting the names of Proud Boys members and other information on Twitter. “You tell that fat bitch she better stop,” one of the Proud Boys allegedly said, according to Snyder.
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Ted Cruz associates with Proud Boys, a violent SPLC-designated hate gang. He wants their political opponents designated terrorists.
PBs came to my home in the middle of the night to terroristically threaten me for my research of the far right.
Now, I have video. pic.twitter.com/yzvLB1tBH5
— Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyderPHL) July 25, 2019
I research and publish information about racist hate groups like the Proud Boys, with a focus on violent activity in my city, Philadelphia.
On June 29th, at 11:20 pm, my downstairs neighbor texted me while I was out of town to warn me that a group of men had been looking for me. pic.twitter.com/jq2D6llVFG
— Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyderPHL) July 25, 2019
I didn’t notice the text until the following evening, and followed up with him to ask what had happened.
As it turned out, my visitors had been Proud Boys.
And they meant business. pic.twitter.com/foAYnZdJv6
— Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyderPHL) July 25, 2019
My partner went down to get details. The neighbor said that a group had approached, and two Proud Boys had identified themselves, tried to find out if he knew me, and told him to relay the following message to me:
“Tell that fat bitch she’d better stop.”
— Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyderPHL) July 25, 2019
Then, they slapped a sticker on our front door, a sticker he’d removed and saved.
We later discovered (via Twitter) that the morning after the visit, a different neighbor had found more stickers placed at the intersection where our apartment building is located. pic.twitter.com/nlIKc02hln
— Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyderPHL) July 25, 2019
When I reached out to friends, I found out that another local researcher had received a similar visit right after mine, and that the Proud Boys had tried to lure them out of their house immediately prior to showing up.
They had three young children in the house at the time. pic.twitter.com/xEURll3ARY
— Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyderPHL) July 25, 2019
This wasn’t out of the blue.
In response to my research on their “anonymous” troll accounts and infiltration of the local GOP, Philly Proud Boys have published my home address, threatened my safety, and even once claimed to have kidnapped my cat. pic.twitter.com/0K0vOMFlpF
— Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyderPHL) July 25, 2019
These terrorist attempts at intimidation weren’t the efforts of a rogue Proud Boys chapter.
They were set in motion with a call to action in the *national* Proud Boys chat, pitched as a leadup to the violent Proud Boys rally that would occur in DC the following weekend. pic.twitter.com/rmxdrwUYUv
— Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyderPHL) July 25, 2019
During that leadup, Proud Boy Jamie Antonacci (aka Chris White, aka “6million,” a holocaust denial reference, aka Chris Black) and others made threats of armed violence against Jewish Philadelphia activist @EllieAndOtis, promising her a violent house visit as well. pic.twitter.com/qttxMlv61J
— Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyderPHL) July 25, 2019
“Chris” documented his journey to Philly, bragged about meeting up with the Philly Proud Boy after their “house visits” to us, talked about conspiring with Philly PB Aaron Wolkind, and responded to questions about whether he’d visited violence on @EllieAndOtis with, “not yet.” pic.twitter.com/hS1C2G0JB6
— Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyderPHL) July 25, 2019
After making his way down to DC for the weekend rally, he documented the firepower he’d (illegally) brought with him through Philly and into the Capitol, and bragged about making it through TSA with loose ammo in his luggage even after agents recognized his Proud Boys uniform. pic.twitter.com/9gXD39enhG
— Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyderPHL) July 25, 2019
This is a terrorist group, pure and simple. They are a gang regularly convicted for assaulting their political opponents in the street without provocation. pic.twitter.com/iZE2IT0tz2
— Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyderPHL) July 25, 2019
In their internal chats, they share their violent fantasies about murdering “commies” (which by their broad definition includes even centrist Dems like Pelosi).
They flaunt their weaponry and propose the assassination of researchers like @AntiFashGordon. pic.twitter.com/jzYNEkGWdg
— Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyderPHL) July 25, 2019