Proud Boys

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Arabic tattoo sparks controversy

The term "kafir" (meaning "infidel" or "non-believer") is used in Islam to describe non-believers and has increasingly been appropriated by far-right groups. 

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's tattoo, "kafir" (meaning "infidel" or "non-believer")
Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, former national chairman of the Proud Boys who was sentenced to 22 years, talks to the media following his release from prison after U.S. President Donald Trump made a sweeping pardon of those charged in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Miami, Florida, U.S.

Former Proud Boys head arrested after accusations he assaulted female protester outside US Capitol

 Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio at Virginia 2nd Amendment Rally, January 2020.

Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio gets 22 years in Jan. 6 case

Members of the Proud Boys and their supporters march during a rally in Portland, Oregon

Proud Boy, sentenced to 10 years for US Capitol attack, says 'Trump won'


US charges Seattle-based Proud Boys member for role in Capitol riots

The FBI has been looking particularly closely at the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers and other far-right groups and anti-government militias as they investigate the Capitol riots.

Proud Boys and supporters of the police participate in a protest in Portland, Oregon, U.S., August 22, 2020

Canada puts Proud Boys on terror list, cites active security threat

The group's founder, Gavin McInnes, is Canadian who lives in the United States.

Supporters of US President Donald Trump gather in Washington at Capitol

'Bomb-making manuals' found in home of Proud Boy who stormed Capitol

Prosecutors said he used a police shield to break a window, allowing other rioters to enter the building.

Proud Boys activist Kyle Chapman at a rally in Portland on June 4, 2017. Chapman now says he has transformed the group into an explicitly white supremacist organization. (Natalie Behring/Getty Images)

Proud Boys leader was ‘prolific’ informer for law enforcement

“I knew that he was a fraudster – but had no reason to know that he was also a domestic terrorist."

Proud Boys and supporters of the police participate in a protest in Portland, Oregon, U.S., August 22, 2020

Washington, state capitals on high alert ahead of Wednesday inauguration

Capitals in battleground states, where Trump has directed his accusations of voter fraud, were on especially high alert.

NATIONAL GUARD members walk in front of the US Capitol on Thursday, as tension continues ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week.

Capitol riots: What far-right hate symbols were on display?

Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, who said he quit the group in 2018, was spotted in the DC crowd.

Left: a noose hung by rioters on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. Right: a man wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" jacket.

Proud Boys leader banned, arrests made in US election protests

Protests against President-elect Joe Biden's November election win started across the US capital on Tuesday.

Supporters of US President Donald Trump rally in front of the Supreme Court ahead of the US Congress certification of the November 2020 election results during protests in Washington, US, January 5, 2021.

Washington braces for Biden's certification, protests

Road closures and DC National Guard troops in the streets

National Guard soldiers keep watch in a nearly empty Metro subway station as Pro-Trump demonstrators rally to protest the results of the 2020 US presidential election during in Washington, US January 5, 2021.

Rival protesters clash around US, Proud Boys allegedly assault bystanders

Organizers of Stop The Steal, linked to pro-Trump operative Roger Stone, and church groups urged supporters to participate in "Jericho Marches" and prayer rallies.

A supporter of the Proud Boys, center, fights with counter-protesters after a Proud Boys rally in Portland, Oregon

Proud Boys leader wasn't invited to White House, took public tour

Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio posted photos taken inside the White House gates on the conservative platform Parler, adding that he had received a "last minute invite to an undisclosed location."

Members of the Proud Boys and their supporters march during a rally in Portland, Oregon