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As more violence links to boogaloo bois, this is what the extremist movement believes
Once on the fringes of the internet, the boogaloo bois have recently become a mainstream talking point as police link real-world violence to the movement. But who are the boogaloo bois and what are their beliefs?
What is the boogaloo movement?
For starters, it's not an official group. There's no central organization, no higher-ups. It's a loose collection of people, mostly white males, with a few main tenets in common.
Some of those tenets will sound familiar to watchers of American extremist groups, particularly those who remember the anti-government, pro-militia movement that came out of the bungled government responses to Ruby Ridge and Waco. Those events profoundly shaped modern, right-wing extremist thought — launching conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to mainstream fame, for instance — and sparked terrorist action, inspiring Timothy McVeigh to bomb a federal building in Oklahoma City
In its most extreme form, adherents say their goal is to start the second American Civil War. Sometimes this has implicit or explicit racist intentions, with some boogaloo bois saying they want to start a race war. While many simply believe a second civil war is inevitable, others want to hasten its arrival with lone-wolf attacks, particularly on law enforcement, and other acts of violence.
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Once on the fringes of the internet, the boogaloo bois have recently become a mainstream talking point as police link real-world violence to the movement. But who are the boogaloo bois and what are their beliefs?
What is the boogaloo movement?
For starters, it's not an official group. There's no central organization, no higher-ups. It's a loose collection of people, mostly white males, with a few main tenets in common.
Some of those tenets will sound familiar to watchers of American extremist groups, particularly those who remember the anti-government, pro-militia movement that came out of the bungled government responses to Ruby Ridge and Waco. Those events profoundly shaped modern, right-wing extremist thought — launching conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to mainstream fame, for instance — and sparked terrorist action, inspiring Timothy McVeigh to bomb a federal building in Oklahoma City
In its most extreme form, adherents say their goal is to start the second American Civil War. Sometimes this has implicit or explicit racist intentions, with some boogaloo bois saying they want to start a race war. While many simply believe a second civil war is inevitable, others want to hasten its arrival with lone-wolf attacks, particularly on law enforcement, and other acts of violence.
Who exactly are the 'boogaloo bois' and what do they believe?
Boogaloo bois most fundamentally believe in their right to bear arms and, as a...
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