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BeforeThe Proud Boys is an organization that emerged in 2016 and became involved in political demonstrations and street-level activism. Members participated in events surrounding the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol breach, leading to criminal prosecutions of several leaders.
AfterThe Proud Boys is a chapter-based organization that has taken part in political rallies and street demonstrations. Federal court documents cited by the Justice Department record that its members "describe themselves as members of a 'pro-Western fraternal organization for men who refuse to apologize for creating the modern world, aka Western Chauvinists'" — the organization's own characterisation, as entered into the record. ## January 6 prosecutions On 6 October 2022, Jeremy Bertino, then 43, pleaded guilty in the District of Columbia to seditious conspiracy in connection with the breach of …