The man, going only by “Aaron,” joined a Kansas City chapter of the far-right Proud Boys organization in 2019. He said that while there was “not any sort of CHS relationship” — using the acronym for confidential human informant — he had several conversations with an FBI agent between August 2020 and January 2021. “It does seem like more people are aware of the threats that can come from groups like this and perhaps are more willing to overlook some of those glitches, let’s call them, in the interest of thinking about the bigger picture of safety,” Cooter said