No Kings Protests In Crosshairs of White Supremacist Groups The Wall Street Journal’s Brenna T. Smith is reporting that a meme circulating on Telegram channels of groups affiliated with the far-right Proud Boys said: “Shoot a couple, the rest will go home.” Another local chapter posted: “You just have to impale a few of them…” Smith noted that “One disseminated an online gun tutorial, illustrating optimal shooting techniques with the caption: ‘Riot season again!’ Organizers in more than 2,000 cities are mobilizing for “No Kings” rallies Saturday in opposition to President Trump and his military parade in Washington. Chapters of The Proud Boys, White Lives Matter and other White supremacist groups are ginning up their members for possible attacks on these demonstrations. The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) is reporting that “In their private Telegram channels, violent white supremacists and MAGA supporters have been sharing information on the nationwide ‘No Kings’ anti-Trump protests planned for Saturday, June 14. Organized by the progressive group Indivisible, the protests are characterized as a ‘nationwide day of defiance’ to ‘reject authoritarianism.’ The protests coincide with Trump’s military parade in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the 250th birthday of the Army and, perhaps more importantly, Trump’s 79th birthday” (https://apnews.com/article/trump-parade-military-secret-service-dc-birthday-cb66cba29cdc06ba798521454918271d). On June 10, Trump warned that any protesters coming to Washington, D.C. during his birthday parade, would be “met with very big force.” In the wake of nationwide protests against ICE raids and the imposition of the National Guard in Los Angeles, GPAHE is reporting that “many on the far-right are claiming that the upcoming anti-Trump protests are expected to be ‘riots.’ As a result, chapters of white nationalist groups have begun sharing information concerning the ‘No Kings’ rallies and calling for their members to disrupt them.”
via daily kos: White Supremacists Threaten ‘No Kings’ Protests: “Shoot a couple, the rest will go home”