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<\/a><\/p>\nTwitter users reported the Facebook take-downs on Tuesday, noting that\u00a0both public and private accounts associated with the Proud Boys had vanished from the social media network<\/strong>, including founder Gavin McInnes, and a large\u00a0account\u00a0with over 20,000 members.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Facebook confirmed the bannings with\u00a0Business Insider,\u00a0<\/em>pointing to the company’s rules and adding that the removal applies to Instagram as well.<\/p>\n On October 12, the Proud Boys engaged in a fight with Antifa outside of the Metropolitan Republican Club, where the 49-year-old McInnes\u00a0had given\u00a0a speech that evening. Left-wing activists had protested the club’s decision to invite McInnes to speak for much of the week, making threatening phone calls in an attempt to convince them to cancel the event, according to club president Deborah Coughlin.<\/p>\n After the event\u00a0a\u00a0brawl erupted after a member of Antifa\u00a0threw a bottle<\/a>\u00a0at the Proud Boys<\/strong>, ultimately resulting in the arrest of\u00a0nine Proud Boys<\/a>\u00a0and three Antifa on charges of rioting, assault and attempted assault.<\/p>\n One member of the group, Geoffrey Young, 38, was\u00a0taken into custody<\/a>\u00a0Thursday night and charged with two misdemeanors: riot and attempted assault. The Manhattan district attorney\u2019s office said in a complaint that Mr. Young punched one victim in the face, kicked a second in the stomach and kicked a third three times in the head.<\/p>\n In what she described as a \u201cvicious, unrelenting attack,\u201d a prosecutor, Jamie Kleidman, said in Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday that Mr. Young had \u201ccharged toward\u201d six people believed to be protesters and was joined by about 10 other Proud Boys who \u201ckicked, stomped and punched them.\u201d –New York Times<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Proud Boy John Kinsman, 39, was labeled the “single most vicious” member of the group, and was the second person arrested in the brawl. He was accused by the assistant DA accusing of punching, kicking and stomping\u00a0members of Antifa.<\/p>\n In the mean time, my thoughts and prayers are with the beautiful family of John Kinsman, pictured here. John is a Proud Boy who was arrested after the brawl. Whatever John may have done wrong, his innocent children will have to suffer the consequences too. pic.twitter.com\/I4At6rJJ3p<\/a><\/p>\n — Robert L Morgan III (@RobertLMorganII) October 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n