Members of the extremist Boogaloo Bois movement attended demonstrations at the Minnesota state Capitol in early December to prepare for possible violence at a rally in St. Paul on Jan. 17, according to a report from the FBI’s Minneapolis field office.
The report, obtained and published Monday by Yahoo News, was sent to law enforcement in Minnesota and Michigan in late December, the week before the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol. It warns that Boogaloo followers “did not identify any specific attack plot, but planned to use violence” in case of a fight on Jan. 17, when members of the movement intend to hold rallies at state capitols nationwide.
Several members of the Boogaloo Bois — a loosely organized, far-right, anti-government group that aims to exploit unrest to begin a civil war — have been charged in connection with the riots in Minneapolis following the police killing of George Floyd. Continue reading.