In October, members of the Proud Boys, a group that calls itself a “Western chauvinist” organization and that the Southern Poverty Law Center calls a hate group, were arrested in Manhattan following a violent brawl. While their nominal leader at the time, Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes, gave a presentation inside the Metropolitan Republican Club, members of the group were captured on film punching, kicking, and stomping on anti-fascist protesters outside of the event. The “New York Nine” (10 members have now been arrested, actually) face rioting and attempted assault charges, though they say that they didn’t start the incident and that they’re not a hate group. To help defray the lawyer bills, they set up a legal defense fund. In a November video (in which he also quit the Proud Boys in order to take some heat off the organization), McInnes promoted the fund, sending viewers to the URL fundthewest.org, which redirects to the site 1776.shop. There, for $25 to $5,000, you can buy a charity bracelet that reads “Proud Boy” on the front with the hashtag “#NYC9” inscribed inside the band. Proceeds “will directly fund the NYC9,” the site says.
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