PROUD BOYS leader goes to jail for burning terrorist BLM flag.
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/proud-boys-leader-sentenced-to-5-months-in-jail-for-burning-blm-flagProud Boys leader sentenced to jailtime for burning BLM flag
Proud Boys stole the Black Lives Matter banner off of Asbury United Methodist Church before setting it ablaze
By Michael Lee | Fox News
Fox News Flash top headlines for August 23
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to more than five months in jail Monday for tearing a Black Lives Matter banner down from a historic Black church and setting it ablaze.
"What I did was wrong," Tarrio told the court in a video conference hearing, noting that he was "profusely" sorry for actions he considered a "grave mistake," according to the Associated Press.
Police say members of the Proud Boys stole the Black Lives Matter banner off of Asbury United Methodist Church on Dec. 12 before dousing it with lighter fluid and setting it on fire. Tarrio posted a picture of himself holding an unlit lighter to the banner on social media, admitting later to The Washington Post that he had participated in setting it on fire.
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The church's senior pastor, Rev. Dr. Ianther Mills, told the judge that Tarrio's actions were "act of intimidation and racism" that caused "immeasurable and possibly irreparable harm" to the community.
"His careless act of violence and hatred, targeted at a congregation of individuals with a lived history of social and racial injustice, had the presumably desired effect," Mills said. "Asbury was forced to reckon with the very tangible evidence that we continue to live in a world where people radicalize hate based upon race and skin color."
Police arrested Tarrio on Jan. 4 as he arrived in Washington, D.C., two days ahead of former President Donald Trump's rally, with many who attended that rally later participating in the storming of U.S. Capitol building immediately afterward.
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Police pulled Tarrio over on the warrant for vandalizing the Black Lives Matter sign, finding two unloaded magazines emblazoned with the Proud Boys logo in the car. Tarrio told police that he sells the magazines and he was dropping them off to a customer who had already paid for him.
Tarrio pleaded guilty last month to destruction of property and attempted possession of a large-capacity ammunition-feeding device.
Michael Lee is a writer at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @UAMichaelLee
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tlims39
Just Now
So it's ok to burn the American flag but not a BLM flag, this is so wrong.
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Renorocket
Just Now
you can rush CVS and steal thousands of dollars, you can burn the American flag, you harass people in their home that you don't agree with and you burn private and public property......and never get arrested. Steal a 15.00 BLM flag and get 5 months.
Only in America
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JoeSmith07
15 seconds ago
Kamala likes to help criminals get out of jail. Maybe she could help him? Oops...he's the wrong shade. Nevermind.
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cornlicker
32 seconds ago
Time for anotherrrvolution
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RosieOatemypie
33 seconds ago
I read he made a plea deal, he has to order the NBA network for 2 years.
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dragon9382
37 seconds ago
White Supremacy or Black Power? You tell me which is worse.
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BigSmarts300
40 seconds ago
Trumpism is a metastasized cancer on our republic. President Biden has the fortitude to make the tough decisions to start cutting it out of the fiber of our country. Thank Jesus.
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JBLiberty
54 seconds ago
DNC corruption.
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armysully479122
58 seconds ago
The flaming of BLM flags didn't garner him any jail time; but having high-cap magazines in his possession in DC got him 5 months.
Gotta love the seriously misleading media headlines....
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hattie01
1 minute ago
How many blm have been sent to jail for all the burning, rioting and looting they have done?
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