Are the Boogaloo Boys anti-authoritarian activists or white supremacist instigators?

This appeared in The Millennial Source

The last week in the United States has been marred by riots, looting and police violence, all set off by the killing of George Floyd, a black man, by a white police officer.

Though Floyd’s death initially sparked unrest only in his native Minneapolis, the angry protests soon spread to cities throughout the country, where reports have come in claiming that other groups are using the legitimate anger over Floyd’s murder as a cover for unrelated, politically motivated actions.

One of the groups allegedly subverting the current Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests is the Boogaloo Boys (or Bois). Stories on the group in the mainstream media have labeled them as far-right extremists with a white supremacist ideology. But on social media, members of the group insist that they are merely a pro-gun libertarian group that opposes governmental overreach.

The origins of Boogaloo

The first extensive analysis of the Boogaloo movement was published in November 2019 by the…