Proud Boys Leader Sentenced to Five Months in DC Jail
August 25, 2021
The leader of the conservative group, The Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio will now have to spend 155 days in jail for burning a Black Lives Matter sign late last year, and for his possession of two high-capacity magazines he had on him in the District of Columbia.
Tarrio was sentenced to approximately five months in jail after authorities apprehended him earlier this year just a few days before the January 6 events in Washington, D.C.
During an event in D.C. on December 12, Tarrio burned a Black Lives Matter banner that belonged to Asbury United Methodist Church. However Tarrio did not steal the banner, he claims he did not know where it came from when he burned it.
A BuzzFeed News reporter live tweeted the proceedings and described Tarrio as showing remorse for what he did. Enrique said he doesn’t even carry around a pocket knife anymore, let alone the pair of high-capacity magazines that got him in trouble to begin with. However, Judge Cushenberry thought otherwise. He accused Tarrio of being about self-promotion and having a previous awareness of the law.
Tarrio will have to serve 125 days in jail for the magazines, and an additional 30 days for burning the BLM banner, amounting to a total of 155 consecutive days served with an additional 85 days suspended.
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