Proud Boys members under hate crime investigation after disrupting San Lorenzo, Calif. drag queen story event | abc7news.com
Alameda County Sheriff, D.A. to determine if hate crime charges will be filed for Proud Boys who disrupted San Lorenzo library event for kids.
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The Alameda County Sheriff's Office says it has identified and interviewed several members of the far-right, white-nationalist group, the Proud Boys, who took part in disrupting a reading event at the San Lorenzo Library on Saturday.
It happened during the Drag Queen Story Hour event, which are taking place across the county during Pride month.
Bay Area drag queen Panda Dulce was reading to young kids, when the men arrived.
"Probably about 12 minutes into the event, a group of men interrupted the event in a very angry and aggressive manner," explains Lieutenant Ray Kelly, with the Alameda County Sheriff's Department. "(They) began to shout homophobic and transphobic slurs at the event's organizers, in the presence of children."