Police are looking to arrest 12 people in connection with a violent clash that erupted outside of a Republican club in Manhattan Friday night following a speech by the founder of a controversial far-right group.
Video shows men throwing punches, kicking a person knocked to the ground and chanting “USA” outside of the Metropolitan Republican Club on the Upper East Side. It happened after a speech by Gavin Mcinnes, the founder of the “Proud Boys,” a far-right group describing themselves as “Western Chauvinists.”
The suspects wanted for riot and attempted assault are identified as nine members of the Proud Boys and three members of Antifa, who police say circled around the block to continue the altercation after officers initially stopped it.
