Proud Boys sue the USA: $ 100 million for victims of the judiciary!

Proud Boys sue the USA: $ 100 million for victims of the judiciary!

Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., USA - Five members of the right -wing radical group Proud Boys have recently sued the state for $ 100 million. The lawsuit was submitted to a federal state in the US state of Florida on Friday. In their complaints, the plaintiffs explain that their constitutional rights have been violated, and they describe themselves as the victim of a "corrupt and politically motivated law enforcement" after the storm on the captain on January 6, 2021. Among the plaintiffs, Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison after playing a significant role in the exhaustion had.

Tarrio is one of the more than 1,500 Capitol attackers who have now been pardoned by Donald Trump. The plaintiffs argue that the judicial system was misused to punish political allies of Trump. They complain about the manipulation of evidence, the intimidation of witnesses, as well as violations of the lawyer secret and the spying on their process strategy. These actions illustrate how deeply the division and distrust in the US institutions are now.

The context of the storm on the Capitol

The storm on the Capitol was initiated to prevent Joe Biden's certification in the 2020 presidential election. The call to this march came directly from Trump, which has increased the concern about the role of political managers in the incitement of violence. During the riots, around 140 police officers were injured and numerous offices were devastated in the Capitol. Many parliamentarians sought refuge when the crowd stormed the building, which illustrates the heavy and chaotic character of events.

The threat from extremism remains

research by Jon Lewis, an extremism researcher at George Washington University, suggests that the approximately 500 members of the Proud Boys are distributed nationwide and that the threats are shifted by such groups at the local level. These groups seem to attack more easily, and despite the high prison terms, support for Trump within these groups could not decrease. Lewis notes that the basic threat from domestic terrorism, especially right -wing extremists and white racists, has not subsided since January 6, 2021.

The US government has so far not developed a stringent strategy to act against this extremism. Critics, including members of the Democratic Home Protection Committee, emphasize that there is a lack of adequate monitoring of the dangers of terrorism that continue to be a serious threat to the safety of the population.

Developments around the Proud Boys and the storm on the Capitol show how deep and complex the problem of extremism in the USA is. This topic remains of crucial importance for society and the politics, while the teachings from these events continue to cause important discussions about law and order.

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