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Dramatic video shows a handful of suspected Proud Boys being pepper sprayed in the face while yelling swear words outside an LGBTQ bar in California.
The bar hosted a drag show on Thursday when about 10 people showed up to shout about “pedophiles” and harass bar operators and customers at the door. One asked: “How many children are there?†
At that time, the suspected Proud Boys were sprayed in the face with pepper spray. Some officers who were there also appeared to have been hit by the spray. Police said Thursday they had not identified the source of the peppermint.
Alleged Proud Boys members attempt to enter The Mojo in Woodland, CA and are confronted with pepper spray. The bar had scheduled an all-ages Drag Show tonight, which was postponed due to safety concerns pic.twitter.com/7Boln64uJ6
— Luke Cleary (@LukeClear) July 1, 2022
A larger version of the event at Mojo’s Lounge and Bar in Woodland, California, was canceled after threats against the venue and artists on social media. But after an outpouring of community support, the organizers decided they would still host a scaled-down version, Sacramento’s KCRA News reported.
Then the suspected Proud Boys, some with bandanas to hide their faces, showed up.
“It was so good to see people so happy – and then to see the exact opposite, people were scared. People were angry. People were really upset,” Christy Hayes, owner of the bar, told KCRA. “This isn’t what we wanted.”
“There was an altercation,” Woodland Deputy Chief of Police Anthony Cucchi said at the scene. “People here were upset about the bar having their Pride event. We tried to intervene as quickly as possible. It was quite a chaotic scene.”
Videos posted on social media do not show police taking action.
Cucchi said an investigation is ongoing and police are trying to determine if the suspected Proud Boys traveled from out of town to harass the bar and customers.
LGBTQ people have increasingly targeted by right-wing extremists, including the Proud Boys, for the past few weeks.
A group of proud boys yelling “pedophiles” turned up in Frisco, Texas, last month for the… first-ever community event to mark Pride Month† But they were blocked by a “human shield” of Pride supporters.
Earlier last month, 10 Proud Boys disrupted a drag queen story at the San Lorenzo Public Library in California. One wore a “kill your local *” shirt. The Almeda Sheriff’s Department has opened a hate crime investigation into the confrontation.
The Proud Boys also stormed a public library last month to disrupt a Pride event “where all families are celebrated” in Wilmington, North Carolina. And 31 white supremacists were arrested outside a Pride event in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, last month.
Earlier this week, New Zealand declared the Proud Boys a terrorist organization. Canada called the group a “terrorist entity” just over a year ago.
NOW | This is Woodland, California. A drag show was canceled due to safety concerns, but after enough people arrived, the organizers held a scaled-down version. Then this group showed up. [Warning: There’s explicit language in this video] @kcranews pic.twitter.com/KA8B0ceg7z
— KCRA Lee Anne Denyer (@KCRAleeAnne) July 1, 2022
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