[dropcap size=big]L[/dropcap]os Angeles bar owners and managers have spent the past few days soul-searching and coming to terms with a new dynamic in the city’s nightlife scene. Proud Boys, a "social club" with extremist views about women and immigration, got into a heated altercation with a group of local activists at the Griffin in Atwater Village on Saturday night.
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The incident led to outrage in socially conscious L.A.’s nightlife scene, with many people blaming the Griffin for allowing the group to enter the bar in the first place. The backlash sparked the Griffin to announce a neighborhood benefit starting at 9 p.m. to close Wednesday, with the proceeds going to “local Atwater Village charities as well as the Southern Poverty Law Center.”