I didnt hear this voice note till now, he responded on Jan. 4, 2021, with his own audio file. You want to storm the Capitol.<\/p>\n
The Proud Boys, like any gang, have long had an internal lingo, communicating together in a kind of collective code. One of their common slogans Proud of Your Boy was adopted ironically from a song from the Broadway musical Aladdin. Another catchphrase Uhuru is the Swahili word for freedom.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Conor Mulroe, a prosecutor on the case, said that the word Minecraft a reference to the popular video game appeared frequently in the Telegram chats as a cipher meaning violence.<\/p>\n
Its a somewhat tongue-in-cheek tagline they put at the end of a statement when its a facially incriminating statement, Mr. Mulroe told Judge Timothy J. Kelly, who is overseeing the case.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the government showed the jury several examples of how the Proud Boys used the term.<\/p>\n
On Oct. 6, 2020, Mr. Rehl, the president of the groups Philadelphia chapter, posted a message to the Official Presidents Chat complaining about restrictions put in place because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n
I really hope to see people start fighting back against these tyrants, in minecraft, he wrote.<\/p>\n
Five days before the group marched on the Capitol, Mr. Stewart used the term in response to a post about the police in Washington closing roads on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n
Lets quit playing games and oblige them in Minecraft, he wrote.<\/p>\n
Then, on Jan. 4, 2021 the day Mr. Tarrio was arrested after an act of vandalism at a previous pro-Trump rally in Washington Mr. Wolkind posted a message in which he seemed to be advising his fellow Proud Boys not to communicate openly about criminal activity.<\/p>\n
If youre talkin about playing Minecraft, he wrote, you just make sure you dont use your phone at all or even have it anywhere around you.<\/p>\n
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