Boogaloo Bois say 'unity is the mission' at Capitol rally

LANSING – A pamphlet handed out at a Boogaloo Bois rally on the Capitol lawn Saturday had a Nazi swastika on the cover with a red line crossing it out. Red lines also crossed out the words "racism" and "communism."

The movement, it read, is after “the abolition of an overpowered, overreaching, tyrannical government" and does not advocate for violence.

The earliest members of the Boogaloo Bois movement were neo-Nazis and white supremacists, but some factions have since adopted a more libertarian bent and sought to distance themselves from those origins, according to experts.

On Saturday, those at the rally said the movement is preaching unity and collaboration and disavowed both racist beliefs and violence, despite recent reports that the men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had ties to the movement.

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