The newly pardoned Proud Boys should not get too cocky. In 1934, the violent supporters (known variously as the SA, stormtroopers, or Brown Shirts) of the new Chancellor of Germany saw their leadership massacred in what has become known as the “Night of the Long Knives.” The Chancellor, his power then established, saw them more as an obstacle than as a help.
Bill Gillmore
Columbus
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