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MMA fighter Tara LaRosa said she used her jiujitsu skills to take down a woman who allegedly started a fight during a Portland, Oregon, flag wave honoring veterans Sunday.
LaRosa livestreamed the flag wave on an overpass above Interstate 84 when the physical altercation started between the woman and a female from LaRosa's group, the members of which were wearing "Make America Great Again" hats — the iconic symbol of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign — and insignias for the controversial Proud Boys.
originally posted by: Surveyor7
a reply to: RAY1990
From the article linked in OP:
'While the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated Proud Boys a hate group, a high-ranking member of the FBI in Oregon said the agency does not deem Proud Boys an extremist group, the Hill reported.'
The livestream does not show how the scuffle began, but two women can be seen in a physical altercation.
“There are conflicting versions of the events, so we are gathering all of the information we can and referring it to the district attorney,”
originally posted by: RAY1990
originally posted by: Surveyor7
a reply to: RAY1990
From the article linked in OP:
'While the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated Proud Boys a hate group, a high-ranking member of the FBI in Oregon said the agency does not deem Proud Boys an extremist group, the Hill reported.'
Seems from the digging I've did multiple organisations designate them as a hate group. Officially from a governmental point of view they're a group of high interest.
Unsurprising since affiliates have been linked with paramilitary groups, neo-nazism & fascism and actual hate crimes.