Skinhead 'Irv' among five charged in Proud Boys' New York City assault
Five men have been arrested in New York after being caught on video singling out and attacking protesters Friday last week聽during Proud Boys-led violence.
Among them is 41-year-old Irvin Antillon of Queens, New York,聽who is a member聽of the primarily Latino ultranationalist skinhead crew B49, or 鈥淏atallon (Battalion) 49.鈥� Antillon also attended the deadly 鈥淯nite the Right鈥� rally in Charlottesville as a member of the聽Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights, which has been called the 鈥渢actical defense arm鈥� of the Proud Boys.
Also in custody according to New York City police are 40-year-old Douglas Lennan of Northport, New York, 26-year-old Maxwell Hare of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 38-year-old Geoffrey Young聽and聽John Kinsman, no age available.
Antillon, Lennan聽and聽Hare are charged with riot and assault.
Additionally, Hare faces charges of gang assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
Young is charged with聽riot and attempted assault. Kinsman is charged with attempted gang assault, attempted assault, riot and criminal possession of a weapon.
Police say all five took part in attacks after Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes聽聽located on the Upper East Side in New York.
Present that night were the Proud Boys聽and two members of 211 Bootboys, an ultranationalist far-right skinhead crew based mostly in the New York metropolitan area.
The Proud Boys have repeatedly engaged in violence against their political opponents. In the Pacific Northwest, multiple members聽of the Proud Boys have been celebrated for assaults, and the highest 鈥渄egree鈥� of Proud Boy membership is awarded to those who have fought with a left-wing protester.
At the time of the assault, Antillon鈥檚 full name was unknown, and 人兽性交 identified him only as 鈥淚rv.鈥� Police records appear to confirm earlier identifications that circulated online following the assault that reported Irv鈥檚 full name as Irvin Antillon.
McInnes has pledged to facilitate the surrender of eight people wanted by authorities, but he has yet to fully follow through on that promise. It is unclear if the arrests announced Monday were because the men surrendered or police tracked them down.
Two other members of the 211 Bootboys, Joe Bola (an online alias) and Dennis Davila, were also photographed at the violent scene. Davila runs a聽hate music聽company called United Riot Records (URR). Bola was photographed wearing a URR shirt Friday night, as he was in May 2017 when he apparently took a photograph with McInnes an聽聽held in New York City.
Rachel Janik contributed reporting.
Screenshot from YouTube, Video by Sandi Bachom
