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The Crowd Counting Consortium collects publicly available data on political crowds reported in the United States, including marches, protests, strikes, demonstrations, riots, and other actions, and is co-directed by Erica Chenoweth (Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard Kennedy School) and Jeremy Pressman (Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Connecticut). |
After members of the Proud Boys provoked an altercation with families attending a story hour with a drag queen at a bookstore in Silver Springs, Maryland, Montgomery County Police will have officers on hand future events. Far from an isolated incident, far-right groups such as The Proud Boys have been increasingly targeting LGBTQ individuals across the country. According to data from the Crowd Counting Consortium, fewer than 1 perfect of Proud Boys protests before 2022 were related to drag shows or story hours; these numbers have been steadily climbing, reaching 25 percent since the start of 2022, and 36 percent since May of 2022.