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Watch: CNN's 10-minute explainer of the Proud Boys [1]

['Mark Frauenfelder']

Date: 2022-07-29

John Avlon, who covers CNN's "extremist beat," hosts this video about the origins and intentions of the far-right Proud Boys, which one former member said has become "too much like a nationwide criminal gang."

The Proud Boys was formed in 2016 as a "right-wing fight club," says Avlon, and has evolved into a "Presidential-sanction paramilitary group."

West Point's Combating Terrorism Center reports that:

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