Judge Awards $1 Million to Black Church Over Proud Boys’ BLM Banner Burning

Members of the Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio (C), at a rally in Washington, on Nov. 14, 2020. Hannah McKay/Reuters

A judge on Friday awarded Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, a black church in the District of Columbia, over $1 million in damages in a lawsuit against the Proud Boys.

The lawsuit was filed in response to the Proud Boys’ destruction of a Black Lives Matter banner during a protest in 2020.