Three self-identified boogaloo boys were arrested in Nevada for conspiracy to instigate violence at a George Floyd protest
The term originated on /k/, a 4chan forum for weapons enthusiasts with notable far-right leanings, and stems from the title of the 1984 sequel . It evolved into slang terminology for an impending revolution, or a second Civil War. “They kind of took what was a popular internet meme calling things a sequel and they put an extremist slant on it by talking about it in the context of a coming civil conflict,” says Howard Graves, senior research analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Armed protesters at a Michigan “American Patriot Rally,” on April 30th, display Hawaiian shirts, an item associated with boogaloo boys.But the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown spurred many of them to action, with some showing up at anti-lockdown protests to protect small business owners defying lockdown against police officers. Many of them wore Hawaiian shirts and toted automatic weapons.
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