Proud Boys Leader Arrested in DC After Admitting to Burning BLM Banner Last Month

Enrique Tarrio, head of the Proud Boys, is escorted out of the area after arguing with counter-protestors at a 'Stop the Steal' protest outside of the Georgia State Capital building in Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 21, 2020. Megan Varner/Getty Images

Washington police on Monday arrested the head of the Proud Boys on suspicion of burning a “Black Lives Matter” banner that was torn down from Asbury United Methodist Church in the nation’s capital last month.

Enrique Tarrio, 36, of Miami, Florida, was charged with destruction of property related to an incident that took place on Dec. 12 in the 900 block of 11th Street, Northwest.