Sad! Proud Boys leader might not be available for making trouble in DC

Hours after being sued by a historic black church accusing his group of “terror” and “vandalism,” Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested on Monday for the destruction of a Black Lives Matter sign from an historic church.

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On Dec. 12, hundreds of Proud Boys stormed around Washington, D.C., in protests that devolved into melees with counterprotesters. In addition to four stabbings, where the motives of the suspect were not immediately clear, there was also a reported gunshot during similar protests across the country in Olympia, Washington. The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church—the spiritual home of many legendary Black figures like Frederick Douglass—called it “no accident” that the Proud Boys visited and damaged its property.

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On Dec. 22, Tarrio remained unrepentant after sharing a graphic mocking the possibility of an FBI investigation into his act as a hate crime.

“I’LL FUCKING DO IT AGAIN,” Tarrio posted.

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Sharing an article headline “Proud boys chairman says he is ‘damn proud’ for burning the Black Lives Matter banner of a historic Black church after Trump march,” Tarrio took a screenshot of coverage of his Asbury United Methodist admission and posted another chest-thumping declaration on Parler: “I’ll say it again… and I’ll say it loud for the people in the back… I’M DAMN PROUD I DID IT!”

  Law and Crime

He'll at least have his pride on the 6th when all the rest of those assholes are in DC.

As Trump embraces desperate last-ditch efforts to stay in power, Proud Boys have answered his call on Twitter to take to the streets on Jan. 6. Tarrio called for “1000 boots on the ground” on that date, saying that the group will go “incognito” rather than wear their “traditional Black and Yellow” colors, according to the complaint.

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Citing a Nov. 20th episode of the group’s show WarBoys, the civil rights group said their ranks also plan to disrupt Biden’s inauguration to Jan. 20.

It would be sad if he had to miss that, too. 

 ...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:

The leader of the right-wing Proud Boys group was ordered to leave Washington, DC, on Tuesday until a June court appearance in relation to felony and misdemeanour charges, according to court filings.

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After his arrest, police found “two high capacity .556 caliber firearm magazines” inside Tarrio’s “personal book bag”, according to court filings, leading to two felony charges of Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device.

DC Police Officer Ahsan Mufti said in an affidavit the magazines, which were not loaded, were used for 5.56X45mm NATO (.223 Remington) rounds that would fit an AR-15 assault rifle.

During the post-arrest interview, Tarrio allegedly stated that he sells the magazines and “had a customer that bought those two mags, and they got returned ’cause it was a wrong address”.

  alJazeera

Nice try, asshole.

Tarrio, who is of Cuban descent, has previously stated he did not burn the sign out of hate, but “out of love” for the US.

Even better.

Court documents also list social media posts on Parler, a social media platform to which many right-wing activists and politicians have turned after facing what they call censorship from other social media.

One of the Parler posts appears to show Tarrio saying, “Against the wishes of my attorney I am here to admit that I am the person responsible for burning of this sign.”

Why pay an attorney if you're not going to listen to him? Maybe next time, eh?