Federal charges of plotting to incite riots and committing acts of violence to spark nationwide riots have been brought against a Texas man claiming to be a member of the Boogaloo Bois, a militant extremist group. Prosecutors claim the man opened fire on a Minneapolis police precinct as part of a plot to foment unrest amid protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
How Boogaloo Bois Sparked Nationwide Riots In America After George Floyd's Death
In a federal criminal complaint released Friday, and as detailed in an attached affidavit, Ivan Harrison Hunter, a 26-year-old from Boerne, Texas, traveled to Minnesota at the end of May to organize, participate in, and engage in a riot, and committed “an act of violence in furtherance of a riot.”
FBI Special Agent Jason Bujold said in the affidavit that Hunter claimed to be a member of the Boogaloo Bois, which the complaint describes as a “loosely-connected group of...