Ianther Mills, senior pastor of the church, told the judge it was an вЂњact of intimidation and racismвЂќ that caused вЂњimmeasurable and possibly irreparable harmвЂќ on the community. WASHINGTON The leader of the far-right Proud Boys was sentenced Monday to more than five months in jail after admitting that he burned a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a historic Black. Tarrio posted a picture of himself holding an unlit lighter to his Parler account and admitted days later in an interview with The Washington Post that he joined in the burning of the banner. 12 and then set it ablaze using lighter fluid and lighters. Tarrio was ordered to stay away from Washington, and law enforcement later said Tarrio was picked up in part to help quell potential violence.ДЄuthorities say Proud Boys members stole the banner that read #BLACKLIVESMATTER from the Asbury United Methodist Church on Dec. While platforms like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook have stripped the Proud Boys of much of their online presence as the organization has racked up a reputation for violence, 1776, an e-commerce. Capitol and disrupted the certification of the Electoral College vote. Members of the far-right group Proud Boys make OK hand gestures indicating 'white power' as supporters of President Trump gather in front of the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, January 6. Tarrio, from Miami, was arrested as he arrived in Washington two days before thousands of supporters of then-President Donald Trump - including members of the Proud Boys - descended on the U.S. вЂњWhat I did was wrong,вЂќ Tarrio said during the hearing held via videoconference. 6 riot.Д®nrique Tarrio told the court he was вЂњprofuselyвЂќ sorry for his actions, calling them a вЂњgrave mistake.вЂќ The leader of the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced to more than five months in jail on Monday for burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic Black church in downtown Washington and bringing two high-capacity firearm magazines into the nationвЂ™s capital days shortly before the Jan.

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