Proud Boys Leader Sentenced to Jail for Burning Church's Black Lives Matter Flag

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Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced over five months in jail in part for burning a church's Black Lives Matter flag.

Tarrio pleaded guilty to the destruction of property charge last month; he also pleaded guilty to possession of a large-capacity ammunition feeding device. Tarrio told the court via videoconference he was “profusely” sorry for his actions, and said he made a “grave mistake.”

During the sentencing hearing, Judge Harold L. Cushenberry Jr. said, “This court must respect the right of any citizen to peacefully assemble, protest, and make his or her views known on issues. But Mr. Tarrio’s conduct in these criminal cases vindicates none of these democratic values. Instead, Mr. Tarrio’s actions betrayed them” (via

 

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How much jail time if you burn an American flag ?

See how this works out if he goes to real prison

Excellent. If he has the courage of his convictions, he'll be fine with it.

It is really conspiracy between the Nazis and Black Marxists. Both put race above class.

Jeez... how is an FBI informant going to survive that?

Tough Guy ProudBoy 🐍🐍

That’s all

He should have had a longer sentence for hate crime!!!

Selling my twitter 62k followers.

BLM is a terrorist organization that helps no African Americans or communities.

Should be popular in prison.

This guy is gonna love his new home.

And he cried through the whole sentencing😭 Said, isn't there someone I can roll over on, judge?

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