Tagged: California

• PROUD BOYS & OTHER BIGOTS WAGE LOW-EFFORT INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN AT RIVERSIDE DRAG STORY HOUR

  January 16, 2023 | ABNER HÄUGE

  Proud Boys stickered and banner dropped but a Riverside Drag Story Hour still happened.

• THE SILENCE OF THE DOLPHINS: ARREST UNCOVERS BOOGALOO BOY NETWORK

  February 9, 2022 | MICHAEL BOORMAN

  Another day, another Boogaloo arrest: this time an overconfident gun technician and a brand new network of civil war wannabes. Thanks to a tip from the extremely handsome and charismatic Seamus Hughes at the George Washington University Project on Extremism LCRW is both amused and depressed to report the recent arrest of Matthew Chen, 26,… Continue reading THE SILENCE OF THE DOLPHINS: ARREST UNCOVERS BOOGALOO BOY NETWORK

• FBI ARRESTS CALIFORNIA BOOGALOO BOY ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES

  December 3, 2020 | MICHAEL BOORMAN

  The FBI arrested another member of the Boogaloo movement in California on Wednesday–this time, for involvement in child pornography. Robert Jesus Blancas, described as ‘a transient resident of the Bay Area’ was arrested on December 1st and arraigned in San Francisco. If convicted, he faces the possibility of life in prison. The FBI’s interest in… Continue reading FBI ARRESTS CALIFORNIA BOOGALOO BOY ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES

• POLICE ALLOW DRUNKEN RACISTS TO INTIMIDATE MARTINEZ ANTI-WHITE SUPREMACY MARCH

  July 18, 2020 | HARVEY EISNER | ABNER HÄUGE

  There were a few disturbing incidents in the lead-up to the rally in Martinez on the 11th. In late June, white supremacist fliers calling Black Lives Matter a terrorist organization and saying “We (whites) our[sic] the chisen[sic] people” (probably meaning to say “We are the chosen people”) were found near downtown. The fliers may be… Continue reading POLICE ALLOW DRUNKEN RACISTS TO INTIMIDATE MARTINEZ ANTI-WHITE SUPREMACY MARCH

• RACIST MOB ATTACKS BLM PROTESTERS AT NORCO MARCH

  July 3, 2020 | ABNER HÄUGE

  “I’ve never in my life seen the cops get so scared that they turned away from protesters and were facing Nazis with their batons out,” Jen said. “Never seen that shit. That never happens. At least not down here.” On Monday, protesters at a Black Lives Matter rally in Norco, a city in Riverside County,… Continue reading RACIST MOB ATTACKS BLM PROTESTERS AT NORCO MARCH

• CALIFORNIAN ANTI-QUARANTINE PROTESTORS USE LITTLE-KNOWN APP TO ORGANIZE RALLIES AFTER PARTIAL FACEBOOK SHUTDOWN

  April 25, 2020 | ABNER HÄUGE

  On the streets this week, they held signs calling for businesses to opened back up–public health be damned. But behind closed virtual doors, they’re talking about getting armed. “Time to form a militia!” Matthew Hinrichs wrote on a closed Facebook group planning the “ReOpen California” protests across the state on May 1st. LCRW received a… Continue reading CALIFORNIAN ANTI-QUARANTINE PROTESTORS USE LITTLE-KNOWN APP TO ORGANIZE RALLIES AFTER PARTIAL FACEBOOK SHUTDOWN

• TAX DAY RALLY IN SONORA, CALIFORNIA GIVES SNAPSHOT OF THE STAY-AT-HOME-ORDER PROTESTS

  April 19, 2020 | ABNER HÄUGE

  Nearly 100 protestors, mostly small business-owners and church-goers, gathered in Courthouse Park in Sonora Wednesday to protest the stay-at-home order to slow the spread of COVID-19. One man held a sign that said “Give me liberty or give me death!” with his Twitter handle, @libertylover61, on the bottom. “I’m here to support the small business… Continue reading TAX DAY RALLY IN SONORA, CALIFORNIA GIVES SNAPSHOT OF THE STAY-AT-HOME-ORDER PROTESTS

• GROYPERS IN THE GOLDEN STATE: BEN SHAPIRO SPENDS MOST OF STANFORD SPEECH TRYING TO DIFFERENTIATE HIMSELF FROM ALT-RIGHT

  November 18, 2019 | ABNER HÄUGE

  If you’ve only ever been to Stanford’s campus in the dark, it’s a hell of a maze to try to navigate. Luckily, I found the auditorium quickly because of the chanting. “Say it loud! Say it clear! Ben Shapiro’s not welcome here!” I could hear protestors shouting before I reached the place. Here was some… Continue reading GROYPERS IN THE GOLDEN STATE: BEN SHAPIRO SPENDS MOST OF STANFORD SPEECH TRYING TO DIFFERENTIATE HIMSELF FROM ALT-RIGHT

• TRANS ACTIVIST CITED BY POLICE FOR HATE CRIME FOR PROTESTING ANTI-LGBTQ+ GROUP

  June 11, 2019 | ABNER HÄUGE

  This is an updated version of a story that ran yesterday. It includes an interview with the activist at the center of the incident and information from police documents. “The pride festival was over, and initially we were just trying to walk from it to other local festivities. We hear the religious protesters,” Marcello recounts,… Continue reading TRANS ACTIVIST CITED BY POLICE FOR HATE CRIME FOR PROTESTING ANTI-LGBTQ+ GROUP

• ANTI-LGBTQ+ DEMONSTRATORS SHOVE, THREATEN QUEER ACTIVISTS AT CALIFORNIA STATE CAPITOL DURING PRIDE WEEKEND

  June 10, 2019 | ABNER HÄUGE

  In Angie’s video, her friend Marcello, a queer activist in a tie-dye shirt, holds a trans pride flag and dances around in front of a bearded street preacher with a red tie and a suit vest. Angie said that she and Marcello and went to confront them outside of the Capitol Building and that other… Continue reading ANTI-LGBTQ+ DEMONSTRATORS SHOVE, THREATEN QUEER ACTIVISTS AT CALIFORNIA STATE CAPITOL DURING PRIDE WEEKEND

• LAURA LOOMER DRESSES UP AS RACIST CARICATURE AND GETS ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING AT GOVERNOR’S MANSION

  January 31, 2019 | ABNER HÄUGE

  “How many people do we have on the livestream so far?” Laura Loomer asks, standing on the sidewalk by the Governor’s Mansion in Sacramento. It’s Wednesday January 30th. Ben Bergquam grins in the foreground. “I have to do my botox smile.” He says. They’re both dressed as racist caricatures of Mexican people, wearing ponchos and… Continue reading LAURA LOOMER DRESSES UP AS RACIST CARICATURE AND GETS ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING AT GOVERNOR’S MANSION

• ALL WEST COAST “ALPHA MARCHES” CANCELLED EXCEPT FOR LAS VEGAS

  December 28, 2018 | ABNER HÄUGE

  Denise Ruiz, self-identified III% member and official MAGA Girl store owner, announced a change of plans recently. In the description of a livestream interview Sunday, fellow III% supporter Erin A. Gooch said that the only west coast rally for the nationwide “Alpha March” on January 19th would be in Las Vegas. In the livestream, Ruiz… Continue reading ALL WEST COAST “ALPHA MARCHES” CANCELLED EXCEPT FOR LAS VEGAS

• FAR-RIGHT ACTIVISTS ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR WOMENS’ MARCH COUNTER PROTEST IN FRESNO

  December 14, 2018 | ABNER HÄUGE

  On January 19th the “Alpha March” is set to counter what its organizers call the “Anti-American haters” of the nation-wide Womens’ March. “They might be a women’s organization that is paid & funded by leftist foundations but we have the man power to march along side our real women’s National Community of Alpha’s who know… Continue reading FAR-RIGHT ACTIVISTS ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR WOMENS’ MARCH COUNTER PROTEST IN FRESNO

• ALLEGATIONS OF PROUD BOYS VIOLENCE LEAD BAY AREA VENUES TO CANCEL SHOWS

  December 10, 2018 | ABNER HÄUGE

  Ollie Cline’s band, White Lighter, is having some bad luck lately. Last month, they were booted from historic Berkeley venue 924 Gilman. Two other Bay Area venues cancelled their shows shortly after. Why? It started with a hoodie. White Lighter was on the bill at Gilman on November 3rd. They loaded their gear in and… Continue reading ALLEGATIONS OF PROUD BOYS VIOLENCE LEAD BAY AREA VENUES TO CANCEL SHOWS