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How online calls for a violent uprising are hitting the mainstream|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/what-boogaloo-how-online-calls-violent-uprising-are-getting-organized-n1138461|last=Zadrozny|first=Brandy|date=February 19, 2020|website=]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title='Boogaloo Boy' Arrested in Texas, Charged With Plotting To Murder Cops on Facebook Live|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/05/15/boogaloo-boy-arrested-texas-charged-plotting-murder-cops-facebook-live|last=|first=|date=May 15, 2020|website=]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref> The movement consists of anti-government and anti-law enforcement groups, as well as ] who specifically believe the unrest will be a ].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /> Groups in the Boogaloo movement primarily organize online, but have appeared at in-person events including the ] and the May 2020 ].<ref name=":3" /> The '''Boogaloo movement''', members of which are often referred to as '''Boogaloo boys''', is a loose American ] ] movement.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Charter|first=David|date=May 16, 2020|title=‘Boogaloo boys’ prepare for next American civil war in Hawaiian shirts|language=en|work=]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boogaloo-boys-prepare-for-next-american-civil-war-in-hawaiian-shirts-wsmdmmclm|url-status=live|access-date=May 30, 2020|issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=May 23, 2020|title=Why some protesters in America wear Hawaiian shirts|work=]|url=https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/05/23/why-some-protesters-in-america-wear-hawaiian-shirts|url-status=live|access-date=May 30, 2020|issn=0013-0613}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title='Boogaloo' Is The New Far-Right Slang For Civil War|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/01/10/795366630/boogaloo-is-the-new-far-right-slang-for-civil-war|last=Allam|first=Hannah|date=January 10, 2020|website=]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref> Members of the Boogaloo movement say they are preparing for a coming second ], which they call the "Boogaloo".<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Boogaloo: Extremists’ New Slang Term for A Coming Civil War|url=https://www.adl.org/blog/the-boogaloo-extremists-new-slang-term-for-a-coming-civil-war|last=|first=|date=November 26, 2019|website=]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref> The term is used by members of the group to refer to violent uprisings against the federal government or left-wing political opponents,<ref name=":3" /> often anticipated to follow government confiscation of firearms.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=What is the 'boogaloo'? How online calls for a violent uprising are hitting the mainstream|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/what-boogaloo-how-online-calls-violent-uprising-are-getting-organized-n1138461|last=Zadrozny|first=Brandy|date=February 19, 2020|website=]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title='Boogaloo Boy' Arrested in Texas, Charged With Plotting To Murder Cops on Facebook Live|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/05/15/boogaloo-boy-arrested-texas-charged-plotting-murder-cops-facebook-live|last=|first=|date=May 15, 2020|website=]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref> The movement consists of anti-government and anti-law enforcement groups, as well as ] who specifically believe the unrest will be a ].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /> Groups in the Boogaloo movement primarily organize online, but have appeared at in-person events including the ] and the May 2020 ].<ref name=":3" />


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Loose American far-right extremist movement
Members of the Boogaloo movement often wear Hawaiian shirts over military fatigues to identify themselves at protests, such as this 2020 VCDL Lobby Day gun rights demonstration in Richmond, Virginia

The Boogaloo movement, members of which are often referred to as Boogaloo boys, is a loose American far-right extremist movement. Members of the Boogaloo movement say they are preparing for a coming second American Civil War, which they call the "Boogaloo". The term is used by members of the group to refer to violent uprisings against the federal government or left-wing political opponents, often anticipated to follow government confiscation of firearms. The movement consists of anti-government and anti-law enforcement groups, as well as white supremacists who specifically believe the unrest will be a race war. Groups in the Boogaloo movement primarily organize online, but have appeared at in-person events including the 2020 United States anti-lockdown protests and the May 2020 George Floyd protests.

History

The term boogaloo is a reference to the 1984 cult film Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, an unpopular sequel film that was largely viewed to be a near-exact copy of the original movie. Following the film release, adding "2: Electric Boogaloo" to a phrase became a joking reference to any unwanted or archetypical sequel. The Boogaloo movement adopted their name from the belief there will be a second civil war; that is, "Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo".

Extremism researchers first 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. This usage of the term is believed to have originated on the /pol/ board of the fringe imageboard website 4chan, where it was often accompanied by references to "racewar" and "dotr" (day of the rope, a fantasy involving murdering what the posters view to be "race traitors"). Researchers from the non-profit Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) found that the usage of the term "boogaloo" increased by 50% on Facebook and Twitter in the last months of 2019 and into early 2020. They attribute surges in popularity to a viral incident in November 2019, when a domestic dispute turned into a standoff between police and a military veteran who had posted on Instagram that he believed his guns were being confiscated, and to the December 2019 impeachment of Donald Trump. 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. A report by the Tech Transparency Project found that 60% of Boogaloo Facebook groups emerged following the pandemic lockdowns, and amassed tens of thousands of members.

In March 2020, Duncan Lemp, a leader of a Boogaloo Facebook group, was shot and killed by police in a no-knock raid. JJ MacNab, a fellow of the George Washington University extremism program, has described Lemp as a "martyr" of the Boogaloo movement, and warned that the anti-police sentiment accompanying his death may lead to violence against the police from the Boogaloo movement in the "foreseeable future".

Movement

According to the NCRI, groups belonging to the Boogaloo movement organize on mainstream online platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Reddit, as well as on more obscure platforms such as 4chan. The NCRI researchers estimate the movement to have tens of thousands of members.

Members of the Boogaloo movement use other similar-sounding derivations of the term, including "big igloo" and "big luau", and have created logos and other imagery incorporating igloos and Hawaiian prints. Members sometimes identify themselves at protests by wearing Hawaiian shirts over military fatigues. They have also used other imagery popular among the far-right, including the Pepe the Frog meme.

References

  1. ^ Charter, David (May 16, 2020). "'Boogaloo boys' prepare for next American civil war in Hawaiian shirts". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved May 30, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Why some protesters in America wear Hawaiian shirts". The Economist. May 23, 2020. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved May 30, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Allam, Hannah (January 10, 2020). "'Boogaloo' Is The New Far-Right Slang For Civil War". National Public Radio. Retrieved May 30, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "The Boogaloo: Extremists' New Slang Term for A Coming Civil War". Anti-Defamation League. November 26, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Zadrozny, Brandy (February 19, 2020). "What is the 'boogaloo'? How online calls for a violent uprising are hitting the mainstream". NBC News. Retrieved May 30, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "'Boogaloo Boy' Arrested in Texas, Charged With Plotting To Murder Cops on Facebook Live". Southern Poverty Law Center. May 15, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Goldenberg, Alex; Finkelstein, Joel (February 2020). Cyber Swarming, Memetic Warfare and Viral Insurgency: How Domestic Militants Organize on Memes to Incite Violent Insurrection and Terror Against Government and Law Enforcement (Report). The Network Contagion Research Institute. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  8. Zimmer, Ben (August 9, 2007). "Phrasal Patterns 2: Electric Boogaloo". OUPblog. Oxford University Press. Retrieved May 30, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Extremists Are Using Facebook to Organize for Civil War Amid Coronavirus". Tech Transparency Project. April 22, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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