[dropcap size=big]L[/dropcap]os Angeles police were called to an altercation at a neighborhood bar in Atwater Village on Saturday that stemmed from a gathering of members or supporters of a known hate group.
Proud Boys, a self-described “western chauvinist” men’s club that the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled a hate group, were patronizing The Griffin on Los Feliz Boulevard on Saturday night, when word began spreading of the group’s presence.
Many of them were wearing red “Make America Great Again” hats and black polo shirts trimmed in yellow stripes from the Fred Perry fashion label, garments commonly associated with the group (the Fred Perry brand has distanced itself from the association).
Local activists, including members of Los Angeles Democratic Socialists of America and a new group calling itself Defend North East Los Angeles, say they were alerted via text and called on supporters to go to The Griffin as part of an impromptu protest, to confront the Proud Boys who were inside.