The Boogaloo Movement Wants To Be Seen as Anti-Racist, But It Has a White Supremacist Fringe

On May 25, 2020, a black man named George Floyd was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, MN. One day later, protests and riots broke out around the city, as civilians gathered to express anger and discontent at the mistreatment and ultimate death of Floyd, which was captured on video by a bystander. The protests largely arose organically, with some assistance from Black Lives Matter (BLM) and antifascist collectives. As the protests grew in intensity and violence, other groups took notice. In particular, dramatic livestreams and videos of confrontations between black civilians and police officers caught the attention of the so-called Boogaloo Movement, a right-wing militia-style movement that is convinced of either an imminent American civil war, a revolution, or a violent anti-government resistance. 

Now, as protests spread throughout the United States and occasionally break out in violence, the self-proclaimed “Boogaloo Bois” have started appearing more frequently in multiple cities.