Proud Boys Leader Takes Credit For Burning Black Lives Matter Banner Outside D.C. Church

WAMU ^ | 12.18.2020 | Tyrone Turner

[golux]

The Proud Boys is a far-right organization identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group and classified by the FBI as having white nationalist ties. The group has a history of violence, including during recent rallies in Portland, Ore., and D.C.

Enrique Tarrio, the chairman of the organization, told DCist/WAMU he was responsible for destroying the banner. His comments echo claims he made in a post on the social media site Parler, which is popular among fringe groups and on an episode of War Boys, a podcast affiliated with the Proud Boys, that aired Thursday...

[griswold3]

classified by the FBI as having white nationalist ties

Lies and fake news

[ronnie raygun]

Good for a 10 year sentence from the enemy

[golux]

Local church leaders, activists and officials quickly condemned the destruction of the banners. In a statement on Sunday, the Rev. Dr. Ianther M. Mills, the senior pastor at Asbury United Methodist Church, called the images “reminiscent of cross burnings. … Seeing this act on video made me both indignant and determined to fight the evil that has reared its ugly head.”

Rev. William Lamar, the pastor of the Metropolitan AME Church, told The Kojo Nnamdi Show this week that he “was aware of a pain of being violated in some way” when he heard the news that his church’s banner had been destroyed.

“We were not the first to experience this type of challenge, and unfortunately until the narrative changes, we won’t be the last,” Lamar said.

At-Large D.C. Councilmember Elissa Silverman also expressed her dismay at the sign burning, and incoming Ward 4 councilmember Janeese Lewis George said on Twitter that the crime demonstrated two “separate and unequal” justice systems in the U.S.

Anthony Lorenzo Green, a core organizer with the D.C. chapter of Black Lives Matter, echoed that sentiment, saying that both Mayor Muriel Bowser and MPD failed “to protect the rights of D.C. residents and to stop the racist attacks by the Proud Boys against Black people, Black churches and others who stand against racism.”

[Paladin2]

Better to figure out how to burn the Billion$ BLM has received.

[Professional]

If society claims that antifa and blm are good, and proud boys are bad, then it appears that I’m bad to the bone.

[sauropod]

Quoting the SPLC. ROFLMAO!!

[HighSierra5]

This is the beginning of a real resistance.

[heavy metal]

Q) what did one fish say to the other fish?...

A) keep your mouth shut and you won’t get caught...

[PGalt]

GREAT news! Why isn’t BLM burning down White Castle hamburgers? Why aren’t they spray painting the snow black. Is White House rayciss?

1. George $oro$ - Destabilizer
2. Bill Gate$ - Depopulator
3. skidMark Zuckerberg - Thought burner
4. Joe Biden - Head of Crime Family in the U.S.A.

There are many more.

[a fool in paradise]

https://wamu.org/person/tyrone-turner/

Visual editor is writing news stories???

[PGalt]

Sh - Shovel - Sh

[In_Iowa_not_from]

That’s funny! A Latino-black man is the leader of a white nationalist organization. It seems that all non-commies of any race/ethnicity are now categorized as white nationalists.

[a fool in paradise]

SPLC has refused to call out BLM’s antisemitism.

[RoseofTexas]

Just in time for the DC 6th march! The mediaVomits are evvvilll!

[cowboyusa]

Good

[cowboyusa]

Who cares what they say.

[dayglored]

Okay, here is Enrique Tarrio, leader of Proud Boys:

He describes himself as "Afro-Cuban".

Tarrio has been quoted as saying, "I denounce white supremacy. I denounce anti-Semitism. I denounce racism. I denounce fascism. I denounce communism and any other -ism that is prejudice towards people because of their race, religion, culture, tone of skin." In regards to his own ethnicity, he has said, "I'm pretty brown, I'm Cuban. There's nothing white supremacist about me."

Somebody want to explain how his action is "racist" or "white supremacist"? He hates himself? WTF?

[Fury]

Why would these guys go on private property to do that?

No better than Antifa / BLM going on private property to destroy. Both wrong.

[Aut Pax Aut Bellum]

As soon as the article mentions Southern Poverty Law Center, I stop reading. I know the rest is just propaganda and lies.