According to The Columbian News (July 20, 2018), the Clark County, WA Sheriff’s Office has fired a deputy photographed wearing sweatshirt with a "Proud Boy's Girls" logo. The undated photograph, shared with The Columbian by an anonymous source, shows the deputy wearing a hooded sweatshirt with a logo showing a switchblade, lipstick and an abbreviation for Proud Boys’ Girls. According to the sheriff’s office, the deputy was hired in May 2017, and completed her law enforcement academy training in December.
The Proud Boys call themselves a “pro-Western fraternal organization” for men who “refuse to apologize for creating the modern world,” according to their founder, Gavin McInnes. The group rejects a white nationalist label, but the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has categorized it as a hate group. The Proud Boys group was founded in 2016.
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There is no place for racism or discriminatory ideologies in law enforcement (or in any part of society for that matter). The SPLC is the primary organization labeling the Proud Boys a "hate group", and perhaps they are; but it should be noted that the SPLC has also labeled parts of the Catholic Church as hate groups as well. The SPLC may not be the best source for determining what is and what is not a "hate group".
Firing the Clark County deputy for wearing a sweatshirt with a questionable logo, in an undated photo, is along the same lines as suspending deputies for flashing the "white power OK sign".
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