Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Pleads Guilty to Burning Black Lives Matter Banner

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

The leader of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty this week to a weapons charge and to the burning of a Black Lives Matter banner.

Henry Tarrio, better known as Enrique Tarrio, pleaded guilty in two separate cases filed dealing with events that transpired in Washington in December 2020 and early January.