Ahead of right-wing rally, Washington DC churches ask for extra police protection
Washington DC, USRNS Houses of worship in the nation’s capital will receive additional police protection ahead of a right-wing rally this weekend after members of the militant group Proud Boys destroyed and burned church banners in December, 2020. In a letter sent to Washington Metropolitan Police officials on Thursday, Asbury Methodist Church’s pastor, Rev Ianther […]
In the US, Proud Boys leader sentenced to five months for burning church banner
Washington DC, USRNS The leader of the far-right extremist group Proud Boys has been sentenced to five months in jail for setting a historic Black church’s Black Lives Matter banner on fire in December and possessing high-capacity firearm magazines when he returned to Washington days before the 6th January insurrection. According to The Associated Press, […]
‘Christian’ crowdfunder hosts campaigns for Tarrio and other Proud Boys
RNS Since the arrest on Monday of Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in connection with the destruction of a Washington, DC, church’s Black Lives Matter sign late last year, more than $US100,000 has been raised for his legal defense on the self-described Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo. Tarrio’s is not the only campaign hosted on the […]