Hawaiian shirts, assault rifles, and civil war : how the Boogaloo Boys infiltrate the demonstrations in the United States

police abuse denounced in the United States are no longer the only problem of the demonstrators : nationalist outfit hawaiian, bearing a crest, igloo, surarmés, sneaking around, now in the crowds and wait for the opportune moment to "provoke a civil war". "The violent actors have hijacked peaceful demonstrations throughout the country, including Nevada, exploiting the anger is real and legitimate, aroused by the death of George Floyd in the service of their referred extremists", has denounced in a statement the federal attorney general of the State of Nevada, and Nicholas Trutanich.

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on 3 June, in the heart of a rally to the memory of George Floyd, in Las Vegas, three activists are arrested in possession of molotov cocktails and explosive devices. They are believed to have wanted to commit a "terrorist act". The accused, aged between 23 to 40 years old, White, belong to a movement called the Boogaloo.

This term originally refers to a dance decidedly funk, to the tunes of afro-cuban, widely popularized in the film slapstick of 1984 Breakin'2 : Electric Boogaloo. Mocked and often regarded as racist, the film triggers a series of memes (funny pictures, editor's NOTE) on the forums americans 4chan from 2012. Diverted, his title becomes Civil War 2 : Electric Boogaloo, in reference to the re-election of Barack Obama, as explained by Vox.