Proud Boys leader arrested; accused of burning BLM church banner – By News Agencies (Al Jazerra) / January 5 2021
Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio has been taken into custody after a warrant was issued for his arrest for destruction of property.
US police have arrested the leader of the right-wing Proud Boys group who is accused of burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from an historic Black church in downtown Washington last month.
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 36, was arrested by Metropolitan Police Department officers after he arrived in Washington, DC, on Monday ahead of protests planned by supporters of President Donald Trump to coincide with the congressional vote expected on Wednesday to affirm Joe Biden’s election victory.
Tarrio was taken into custody after a warrant was issued for his arrest for destruction of property, police said. He also faces a weapons charges after officers found him with two high-capacity firearm magazines when he was arrested, a police spokesman said.
A pro-Trump rally in December ended in violence as hundreds of Trump supporters – some wearing the signature black and yellow of the Proud Boys – sought out confrontations with a collective of activists and counter-protesters attempting to bar them from Black Lives Matter Plaza, an area near the White House.
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