[16][53], On March 12, 2020, Duncan Lemp, a boogaloo Facebook group leader, was fatally shot by police in a no-knock raid of his home in Potomac, Maryland. [83][84], The Daily Beast observed in an article published on October 9, 2020, that four state and federal operations to arrest a total of sixteen individuals associated with the boogaloo movement had transpired over the previous seven days, including the arrests of the men involved in the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Whitmer. The man had shared boogaloo memes on his Facebook page and other adherents of the movement watched and commented during his live stream. [1][38] On /k/, 4chan's board devoted to discussing weapons, the term was found in posts tracing at least back to 2012. "There's a lot of overlap and the boundary is blurry because they both evolved together," said Alex Newhouse, digital research lead at Middlebury Institute's Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism. PROTIP: Press the ← and → keys to navigate the gallery, 'g' to view the gallery, or 'r' to view a random image. [6][32][33][34], Participants in the boogaloo movement also use other similar-sounding derivations of the word, including boog, boojahideen, big igloo, blue igloo, and big luau to avoid crackdowns and automated content flags imposed by social media sites to limit or ban boogaloo-related content. In April 2020, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) published a Threat Awareness Message about the movement and the potential danger it posed to law enforcement and government. Most of them aren’t even aware of white supremacy in subsets of the movement until they read it in the newspapers. 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Town Into a Dangerous Magnet for Militia Types", "A Self-Proclaimed "Boogaloo Boy" Was Arrested After Allegedly Livestreaming His Hunt To Kill A Police Officer", "Two self-proclaimed members of 'Boogaloo Bois' charged with attempting to support Hamas", "Two men allegedly linked to 'Boogaloo' accused of offering to work with Hamas", "Far-right 'boogaloo' extremists may 'target' Washington, DC, intelligence assessments say", "Justice Dept. Benjamin Ryan Teeter was at his home in Hampstead, N.C., when the call to action came. Authorities allege the three white men filled gas cans and made Molotov cocktails in glass bottles and were headed to a Black Lives Matter protest, according to a copy of the criminal complaint. I don't think you can get away from the ways in which the rhetoric supports a white supremacist ideology, once you start talking about the kinds of policies or strategies they think need to be implemented". [45] There were a number of criminal incidents related to boogaloo adherents attending the George Floyd protests as well as a series of killings of law enforcement officers believed to have been committed by two men associated with the boogaloo movement who used the protests as a distraction to commit their attacks. [16][82] The man pled not guilty to charges of attempted murder. [27] According to Joan Donovan, director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, "[w]e're equivocating for the sake of an imagined audience. [Probably alteration of boogie or boogie-woogie (perhaps influenced by hullabaloo).] [27] However, "other experts say that lip service from some 'boogaloo' supporters about wanting to be a multi-racial movement should not be taken seriously". Sam Firstenberg, director of the cult classic, told The Hollywood Reporter that the "Electric Boogaloo" began as a meme on the internet. [60][47][70], On June 13, 2020, the Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Texas announced they had arrested a personal trainer with ties to the boogaloo movement. The Tech Transparency Project, a public research and data initiative, identified roughly 125 Facebook groups related to the movement, more than half of which were created between February and April and had recently attracted tens of thousands of members. [75][76] The man also allegedly asked Carrillo for money, saying he needed "to be in the woods for a bit." Says Michigan Militia Plotted to Kidnap Gov. film is about breakdancing teens battling. [27] Mark Pitcavage, a researcher at the Center on Extremism of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), has identified the boogaloo movement's contempt for law enforcement as the element that most strongly distinguishes them from other militia groups. Recent events play into the group's hands, said Devin Burghart, executive director of the National Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights. "[42] On June 15, 2020, the Trump administration issued a warning to law enforcement and public safety organizations that adherents of the boogaloo movement might target Washington, D.C. One side is made up of some neo-Nazis andwhite supremacists, whose plan for destroying the government is by starting a race war. He had also posted a photo to Facebook the day after the shooting of Duncan Lemp in which he wore a Hawaiian shirt and combat vest and used the hashtag "#HisNameWasDuncan". [30], In a June 24, 2020 article on Vice, Tess Owen wrote that some of the most active boogaloo communities were on Discord, a chat program popular among online gamers. Some are white supremacists trying to antagonize protesters". [11] They viewed the lockdowns and related restrictions, which were imposed by state and local governments to try to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, as governmental overreach and some described them as "tyranny". [7] Although the researchers do not consider the /k/ board to be white nationalist, and the community actively discourages political discussion, they note racist content is commonplace. The boogaloo movement, whose adherents are often referred to as boogaloo boys or boogaloo bois, is a loosely organized far-right, anti-government, and extremist political movement in the United States. [54] Lemp's family has also asserted that he was asleep when he was killed by police. The leader of the group was known online as "Boogaloo Bunyan". [25], On November 23, 2019, a police officer approached the Mahopac, New York, home of a 28-year-old Afghanistan War veteran, to investigate an accusation of domestic violence. A style of dancing performed to this music. [11] Researchers at the NCRI found that use of the term boogaloo increased by 50% on Facebook and Twitter in the last months of 2019 and into early 2020. "[90] During his Republican National Convention speech on August 26, 2020, Vice President Mike Pence implied that Dave Patrick Underwood, an officer in the Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Service, had been killed by radical leftist activists at a Floyd protest that was also in Oakland. By CLINTONkilledEPSTIEN 2020-06-16 11:30. Then jamming the shrimp up your gay partner's ass while he tounges your butt hole ever so gently [61], On October 8, 2020, a federal indictment against six men associated with the Wolverine Watchmen, a Michigan-based militia group, was unsealed. But there are various facets to the loosely organized group: One generally stems from its original ties to neo-Nazis and white supremacists, while a newer facet is libertarian. 86% (1049) n.n Boogaloo Red Dawn. [11] Posts in some online boogaloo groups called for their members to loot police stations and set fire to government buildings while some encouraged actions emulating the "rooftop Koreans", a reference to Korean store owners who shot at looters from roofs during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. That's what war is, at its base. [11] Virginia Governor Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency for the day of the rally in response to intelligence that indicated there was "a threat of an armed militia groups storming our capital". 2. The libertarian side of the movement becomes enraged when referred to as a "white supremacist group," said JJ MacNab, research fellow at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism. Facebook has taken steps to limit the groups. Far-right “Boogaloo boy” killed officer after using Black Lives Matter protest as cover: prosecutors Police claim they found "Boogaloo" movement-linked messages scrawled in blood. [44], Groups in the boogaloo movement are described by researchers and journalists as far-right. On March 12th, 2019, Urban Dictionary user iRunFromTheTaxman submitted an entry for the term, defining it as "a common libertarian meme to reference the overthrowing of a government or authoritarian force by a(n) (armed) revolution" (shown below). loo (bo͞o′gə-lo͞o′) n. 1. a. It's predominantly rightwing". ‘Link arms and try to break the world record for joined up electric boogaloo.’ ‘Files are only available for 10 days after posting, so jump on that podcast on the history of boogaloo before it disappears.’ ‘There may be some electric boogaloo involved, the jury is still out on that one.’ 'Boogaloo' Is The New Far-Right Slang For Civil War The word "boogaloo" once represented a fusion of people and cultures. [13][18][19] Some are white supremacist[4][7][16][20] or neo-Nazi[20] groups who believe that the impending unrest will be a race war. There are mainly two wings of the boogaloo movement, but their objective of overthrowing the government and sparking societal collapse remains the same, Newhouse said. The OK Hand Sign, emojified as , is a dogwhistle that alt-righters use to show that they are alt-right without explicitly stating it, echoing both Trump's and Pepe's usage of the sign. [3] The Daily Beast reported in October 2020 that the varying ideologies of groups within the movement cause confusion about its overall ideology, and that some adherents intentionally obfuscate the movement's ideology in order to attract more followers. In May, three alleged boogaloo members were arrested on terrorism-related charges in what federal prosecutors say was a conspiracy to spark violence during protests in Las Vegas over reopening businesses and George Floyd's death. It's a dress code, it's a way of talking, it's jargon. The shirts come from the popular term in boogaloo internet spaces, "Big Luau," from the tradition of luau pig roasts, which boogaloo bois are drawn to because their common reference to police as "pigs," experts with the Middlebury Institute of International Studies say. The term boogaloo comes from the 1984 movie “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo, and followers refer to themselves as boogaloo boys (or bois). [27] Newhouse also identified the choice by adherents of the movement to provide armed protection to private businesses during anti-lockdown protests and George Floyd protests as evidence that the movement is rightwing, saying that leftists would not be likely to do the same as they are more likely to view large corporations as an integral component of capitalist exploitation. Femboys are also different from cross-dressers. [1][2] The boogaloo movement experienced a further surge in popularity following the lockdowns that were implemented to try to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, and the Tech Transparency Project observed that the boogaloo groups appeared to be encouraged by then-President Trump's tweets about "liberating" states under lockdown. While the full group is not expected to perform large-scale attacks, individual actors are more likely to initiate violence, Newhouse said. The task force is led by attorneys Craig Carpenito and Erin Nealy Cox. These included allowances for localities to ban firearms from venues and functions, red flag legislation that would allow law enforcement to confiscate weapons from those considered a risk to themselves or others, a law that would require background checks to buy or transfer a firearm, and a law that would impose a limit on the number of handguns that could be purchased in a month. Grand jury indicts 3 men on terror charges over Las Vegas protest plot, Young white men with long guns at George Floyd protests likely affiliated with far-right group Boogaloo, three alleged boogaloo members were arrested on terrorism-related charges, Men tied to 'boogaloo' movement conspired to spark protest violence in Las Vegas, feds say, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. [22] Extremism researcher Robert Futrell spoke of the varied motivations of the adherents of the boogaloo movement who attended the protests, saying: "Some folks who identify as Boogaloo Bois share anti-police sentiments. [1][81] During the standoff, he began livestreaming on Instagram, referencing the boogaloo and posting memes. These are not acts of peaceful protest. [7][8][3] According to Bellingcat researchers, users of /k/ overlap with those of the political discussion board /pol/, where "militant white nationalism" is the "default ideological position". Maceyko, of the Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia, is part of another fringe group he said shares members with militias: The Boogaloo Bois, a meme-based online movement that is preparing for an armed insurrection against government tyranny. [16] J. J. MacNab, a fellow of the George Washington University extremism program, has described Lemp as a "martyr" of the boogaloo movement and warned that the increase in anti-police sentiment among boogaloo group members following his death may lead to violence against the police in the "foreseeable future". [29] On June 5, 2020, Facebook told Reuters that it would make it harder to find groups associated with the boogaloo movement by no longer recommending such groups to members of similar associations. Ties to boogaloo: Grand jury indicts 3 men on terror charges over Las Vegas protest plot, In Wisconsin: Young white men with long guns at George Floyd protests likely affiliated with far-right group Boogaloo. Though its exact origins are unclear, it has roots in Latin-American and Southern music culture. [16][4][53] The Tech Transparency Project found that 60% of boogaloo Facebook groups had emerged following the pandemic lockdowns, during which time they amassed tens of thousands of followers. "Violent instigators have hijacked peaceful protests and demonstrations across the country, including Nevada, exploiting the real and legitimate outrage over Mr. Floyd’s death for their own radical agendas," said Nicholas A. Trutanich, U.S. attorney for the district of Nevada. R&B legend James Brown once notably performed the … [100], This article is about the loosely organized American far-right, anti-government, and extremist movement. A patch with a boogaloo symbol and a ballistic vest bearing the boogaloo symbol of an American flag with an igloo instead of stars were also found in the white van allegedly used in the murders. ", Zionist Occupation Government conspiracy theory, European-American Unity and Rights Organization, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boogaloo_movement&oldid=1002646599, Gun rights advocacy groups in the United States, Libertarian organizations based in the United States, Political organizations established in 2019, Right-wing militia organizations in the United States, White supremacist groups in the United States, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Articles containing potentially dated statements from June 2020, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 25 January 2021, at 12:28. [1][2], Groups in the boogaloo movement are far-right, anti-government, and pro-gun. [27], While boogaloo groups are often described as a part of a larger boogaloo movement, J. J. MacNab, a George Washington University fellow researching anti-government extremist groups, has said that she does not agree with this characterization: "since the majority of participants were radicalized elsewhere prior to donning a Hawaiian shirt—either in anti-government militant groups such as the Three Percenters or the militias, or in white supremacy groups—the Boogaloo shouldn't be considered an independent movement at this time". [4][5][6][7][8][9] The movement has also been described as a militia. [16][35] A May 2020 Bellingcat report identified Facebook as a particularly important platform for the movement, and in May and April 2020, Bellingcat and the NCRI both estimated the movement to have tens of thousands of adherents. The term is derived from the 1984 break-dancing movie, “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo,” and the subsequent movie meme which appends the mocking term “electric boogaloo… In March, a Missouri man with ties to neo-Nazis was shot and killed when FBI agents tried to arrest him. [41] Following the publication of the article, which included screenshots of a Discord server where members of the military were sharing their expertise, Discord shut down the server and deleted the accounts of its members, determining they had violated Discord policy against "threatening and encouraging violence". [1][81] The event was later identified as the cause of a large spike in boogaloo-related comments on the 4chan /pol/ board as well as on other boogaloo sites and right-wing militia social media pages, where followers had organized during the incident to disrupt police by bombarding them with phone calls and posted incitements of violence. The men had also allegedly discussed attacking various targets, including police, white supremacists, government officials and monuments, and members of the media. [99], The website Tree of Liberty, which described itself as the "press platform" for the boogaloo movement, was taken offline by its cloud hosting provider on January 12, 2021. They noted the uptick in arrests could be attributed to increased law enforcement attention on the movement, but that it could also be explained by increased criminal activity by boogaloo-affiliated people and groups. Boogaloo definition is - a genre of Latino popular music of especially New York in the 1960s influenced by soul and rhythm and blues; also : a dance performed to boogaloo music. [1][16][17], The movement consists of pro-gun, anti-government groups. Now, federal authorities say the man, identified as Air Force Staff Sgt. They attribute surges in popularity to a viral incident in November 2019 where a military veteran posted content mentioning the boogaloo on Instagram during a standoff with police and to the December 2019 impeachment of Donald Trump. [69], Three men who identified themselves as members of the boogaloo movement were arrested on May 30, 2020, on terrorism charges in Las Vegas, Nevada. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. [28], Federal law enforcement agencies and supporting organizations have issued statements warning of the possibility of violence related to the boogaloo movement. b. [28][69] According to an affidavit filed as a part of the state investigation, the seven men who were charged at a state level had been engaging in firearms training and tactical drills to "prepare for the 'boogaloo'". Boogaloo - Urban Dictionary Definition Like us on Facebook! [7], Extremism researchers took notice of the word boogaloo being used in the context of the boogaloo movement in 2019, when they observed it being used among fringe groups including militias, gun rights movements, and white supremacist groups. [51] The SPLC notes that "a look at the movement's origins and its online communities make it clear that its politics are much more complicated than straightforward libertarianism". A vast majority on Facebook are adamantly against it.". [80] Supporters also echoed themes associated with and used related terminology to express their readiness for "the boogaloo". The man, who was wearing body armor and armed with a knife, believed police had arrived to confiscate a 30-round magazine under his state's red flag laws. They were also accused in state court of felony conspiracy, terrorism, and possession of explosives. "[42][43] As of June 2020[update], four men who have been arrested and found to have ties to the boogaloo movement, including the alleged perpetrator of the May and June 2020 killings of two security and law enforcement officers in California, have been veterans or active military servicemen. The researchers have described the movement as having two wings: "one advocating for race war and one obsessed with societal breakdown and rebellion against the government". In Minneapolis, the man allegedly fired 13 rounds from an AK-47 style automatic rifle into a police precinct while civilians were believed to be inside. [19], The Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota announced on September 4, 2020, that they had filed terrorism charges against two men who they alleged had attempted to offer their services as "mercenaries" to an undercover FBI agent they believed to be a senior member of Hamas. She said there are some Black and Hispanic members. [10][11][12] Boogaloo adherents say they are preparing for, or seek to incite, a second American Civil War which they call the boogaloo. Here's what to know about the boogaloo movement. They traced usage of the meme back to 2013 on the now-defunct Iron March website, a fascist and neo-Nazi web forum known as the birthplace of the Atomwaffen Division, a neo-Nazi terrorist organization. Some are acting as self-appointed security, vowing to protect businesses from protesters. The sequel may be real, planned, or imagined. After a high-speed police chase, he was apprehended and found to be wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying loaded firearms and ammunition. However, Squire observed in mid-June 2020 that despite Facebook's policy and enforcement changes to remove and demote boogaloo-related content, membership among boogaloo groups on the platform as well as on Discord and Reddit had remained steady or increased. For other uses, see, Loose American far-right extremist movement, Killings of police and security officers in California, Plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Acts during George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests, killings of two security and law enforcement officers, plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, United States House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism, May and June 2020 killings of two security and law enforcement officers, McVeigh bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, George Floyd protests § Extremist participation, Boogaloo movement § Social media platforms, steps to limit boogaloo content and groups, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, List of militia organizations in the United States, "What is the 'boogaloo'? It was both a musical sound and a … The men, who had been plotting since April to bomb an electrical substation, had decided instead to focus on the George Floyd protests. [4] Some adherents of the boogaloo movement use phrases including "we are Duncan Lemp" and, à la Fight Club, "his name was Duncan Lemp", which The New York Times has said they "repeat... like mantras". No cops in November boys. The "boogaloo" name is a code word for the second civil war and came from the 1984 movie "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo," according to Associated … [37] Bellingcat and the SPLC have also stated that other groups with their own distinct identities have adopted the boogaloo meme, including militias, groups comprising the patriot movement, and the Proud Boys. [64][71], An armed Black Lives Matter protester named Garrett Foster was shot and killed in an altercation with a motorist on July 25, 2020, in Austin, Texas. At an anti-lockdown protest in Las Vegas several days earlier, they told a confidential informant that they intended to incite violence at a Floyd protest. [75] Carrillo allegedly replied, "I did better lol"; shortly before, he is alleged to have committed the first killing in Oakland, California. Damn, Wish.com is ready for the Boogaloo. Carrillo reportedly provided him with $200 via a cash app. The boogaloo bois' relationship to antifa – left-leaning, anti-racist groups that monitor and track the activities of neo-Nazis – is murkier. On May 25th, 2008, “Electric Boogaloo” was similarly defined as a general description for sequels on Urban Dictionary. The "boogaloo" movement – named for a 1980s breakdancing movie and characterized by members who carry weapons and wear Hawaiian shirts and tactical gear  – looks to exploit unrest in order to start a second civil war. To spark some sort of confrontation that will kill both sides, '' said... 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