[Zigurd]

> "Brownshirt gangs: no idea what this is"

That tracks.

[DougN7]

I have also never heard if brownshirt gangs, and I feel like I’m fairly in top of the news. Is this some sort of name connected with Nazis?

[pwinnski]

Indeed, it's the colloquial name for nazi stormtroopers, and by extension and popular usage, any modern fascist.