Judge Awards $1 Million to Black Church Over Proud Boys’ BLM Banner Burning

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A judge on Friday awarded Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, a black church in the District of Columbia, over $1 million in damages in a lawsuit against the Proud Boys.

The lawsuit was filed in response to the Proud Boys’ destruction of a Black Lives Matter banner during a protest in 2020.

Superior Court Associate Judge Neal Kravitz additionally imposed a five-year ban on the Proud Boys and its leaders from coming near the church or engaging in threats or defamatory remarks against the church or its pastor.

The judgment was issued as a default ruling due to the defendants’ failure to appear in court.

The destruction of two Black Lives Matter banners from Metropolitan AME and another historically black church occurred during clashes between supporters of former President Donald Trump and counterdemonstrators in December 2020.

The clashes took place after weekend rallies by thousands of people in support of Trump’s claims that the 2020 elections were stolen.

Metropolitan AME’s lawsuit accused the Proud Boys and their leaders of trespassing and violating Washington and federal law through a bias-related conspiracy to destroy religious property.

Proud Boys leader Henry (Enrique) Tarrio was arrested on Jan. 4, 2021, by the Metropolitan Police Department ahead of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol protests after he arrived in the city.

He had initially pleaded not guilty to the felony charge of attempted possession of a large-capacity magazine and misdemeanor charge of destruction of property in January 2021 before accepting a plea deal and pleading guilty to the charges in July.

Tarrio, who is from Miami, Florida, was sentenced for his actions on Aug. 23, 2021. He received a 30-day sentence for the first charge related to setting fire to a large “Black Lives Matter” banner that was torn down from the lawn of Asbury United Methodist Church in Washington, on Dec. 12, 2020.

He received a separate 125-day sentence for the second charge related to having been found with the firearm magazine upon his arrest.

By Caden Pearson

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