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Proud Boys members convicted in 2018 clash with Antifa demonstrators
Published August 19, 2019
NEW YORK — Two members of the far-right Proud Boys have been found guilty of charges including attempted gang assault for their part in a melee that followed a speech at New York's Metropolitan Republican Club.
A jury convicted Maxwell Hare and John Kinsman on Monday in connection with the October 2018 brawl between members of the all-male Proud Boys and the loosely organized anti-fascist group known as Antifa.
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Lawyers for Hare and Kinsman said the men acted in self-defense, but prosecutors said they and other Proud Boys members started the physical fight.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said the defendants beat four people "in a brutal act of political violence."
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An attorney for Kinsman said he had no comment on the convictions. A message seeking comment was left with Hare's attorney.
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