Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys, a right-wing group has been banned from Washington, D.C. by a judge after a protest his group orchestrated. He was banned in response to allegedly vandalizing a a Black Lives Matter flag. He was also carrying high-capacity firearm magazines when he was arrested.
Tarrio was charged with destruction of property and for illegally carrying high-capacity magazines. When the police pulled him over they found two unloaded magazines with the Proud Boys logo on them, that could carry up to 30 rounds.
The leader of the Proud Boys admitted to the police that he did burn the BLM flag: “There was no hate crime committed,” he wrote. “It isn’t about the color of the someone’s skin. Against the wishes of my attorney I am here today to admit that I am the person responsible for the burning of this sign.”
He was arrested in a tunnel near the Capitol, ahead of what is expected to be large far-right protests gathering in D.C.
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