Founder Stewart Rhodes says he will relaunch the group, serving as an important outlet for thousands of members who have felt lost since his imprisonment, a scholar writes.
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Historically, it has been difficult to convict people of conspiring to overthrow the government or stop its normal functioning.
The founder of a violent anti-government group has been sent to prison for seditious conspiracy. Experts explain what that means.
Who are the Proud Boys, what do they want and is there a path back into society for these extremists?
The historic conviction of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and one other co-defendant for seditious conspiracy has implications for free speech and the future of the militia movement in the US.
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Director of Research, Academic Development and Innovation at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism, Middlebury College
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Alabama
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Assistant Professor, Wheaton College
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Professor of Communication and Middle East Studies, Georgia State University
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Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Georgia State University
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Visiting Research Scholar at the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Postdoctoral associate in Classical and Civic Education, University of Florida
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Research Fellow in Social Psychology, Georgia State University