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Proud Boys Leader Arrested for Burning BLM Flag From Black Church(More info)
pjmedia.com ^ | 1/5/2021 1022 hrs est | Rick Moran

Posted on 01/05/2021 10:00:56 AM PST by rktman

The leader of the Proud Boys activist group has been arrested on misdemeanor destruction of property charges relating to the burning of a Black Lives Matter flag from a historic black church during protests in December. Enrique Tarrio, chairman of the group, was also charged with possessing a high-capacity feeding device after police found two clips of ammunition in his possession. Tarrio could receive up to 180 days in prison and be fined $1,000. The prosecutors may be hesitating in charging Tarrio with a hate crime because Mr. Tarrio happens to be black (he “identifies” as Afro-Cuban). Charging a black man with a hate crime against blacks would be ludicrous.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: hypocrites
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Yeah, that white supremacist group. Seems as if someone had some intel on Tarrio since the popped him pretty quickly when he got inside their jurisdiction.
1 posted on 01/05/2021 10:00:57 AM PST by rktman
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2 posted on 01/05/2021 10:03:00 AM PST by Fido969 (,i.)
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It’s okay, they are just Nazis. That’s who they are doing it to, not regular people. I mean, one look at Enrique Tarrio and you can see the White Supreemist in him. Sarcasm thingy


3 posted on 01/05/2021 10:05:16 AM PST by cdcdawg (Turn off Fox!! You can do it! )
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So how is this different than burning the American flag? Wouldn't burning a BLM flag also qualify as constitutionally protected speech?
4 posted on 01/05/2021 10:07:18 AM PST by RonaldusMagnus-DonaldusMagnus
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So burning a BLM flag is a crime but burning 🇺🇸 is not? Beam me up mr scot.


5 posted on 01/05/2021 10:08:14 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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What has Tarrio said?

Or is he held incommunicado?


6 posted on 01/05/2021 10:09:48 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Yeah, he is being watched.

The police, who "burn, loot and murder" and pantifa want dead, seem only too happy to do their bidding.

7 posted on 01/05/2021 10:12:42 AM PST by Eagles6
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that’s it CCP cronies and apparatchiks, keep persecuting our leaders.


8 posted on 01/05/2021 10:12:46 AM PST by dadfly
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To: RonaldusMagnus-DonaldusMagnus

It’s ok to burn a flag if it’s your flag. It’s illegal to take someone else’s flag and burn it.


9 posted on 01/05/2021 10:13:08 AM PST by Kevin C
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The act of burning the flag = protected speech.

Stealing something worth 10 bucks = misdemeanor crime.

It’s total bs. At least they didn’t charge him with a Hate Crime.

The purpose was to scare us and to set him up for the felony (2x gun magazines they ‘found’ in his car).


10 posted on 01/05/2021 10:14:10 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: RonaldusMagnus-DonaldusMagnus

Because the DA is a Soros stooge and the police care about keeping their jobs and pensions. They are not on our side and I no longer back the blue. They have chosen to side with the DNC, Antifa and BLM.

We are on our own.


11 posted on 01/05/2021 10:28:36 AM PST by Glide Plane
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Political prisoner


12 posted on 01/05/2021 10:29:57 AM PST by joshua c (President Elect joshua_c. Hey if Joe can do it.)
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OK, but how about burning down private businesses and assaulting customers at a restaurant? Seems that should be illegal, too. Why aren’t those criminals in jail? If I had to guess, I’d say cops are cowards who care only about themselves and their pensions.

To wit, when you see a police vehicle with the words “To serve and protect” on the sides, it’s to serve and protect the government, themselves, their jobs and their pensions. Not you. Not me. Not the citizenry. We are on our own. Nobody is coming to save us.


13 posted on 01/05/2021 10:33:35 AM PST by Glide Plane
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Misdemeanor - Arrested

Rioting, arson, looting, beating White people to death - catch and release


14 posted on 01/05/2021 10:39:11 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Buzzards circling over six states. Leftists looking more like dead game every day.)
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How the hell did the entire government, western world in fact, bow down to radical violent blacks and trannies?


15 posted on 01/05/2021 10:44:57 AM PST by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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We got away from the old adage of “Sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me.” WTH! The wussification of America is nearly complete.


16 posted on 01/05/2021 10:49:00 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: joshua c

My friend, we are.


17 posted on 01/05/2021 10:53:53 AM PST by RonaldusMagnus-DonaldusMagnus
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Wow, sounds like you have been drinking the Black Lives Matter anti-police Kool-Aid.


18 posted on 01/05/2021 10:56:59 AM PST by Kevin C
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Ann Vandersteel(sp?) suggested that the clips were planted in the proud boys luggage by authorities.


19 posted on 01/05/2021 11:03:51 AM PST by Revel
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To: RonaldusMagnus-DonaldusMagnus

Sure, if it’s a BLM flag that you own and not one you stole from someone else.


20 posted on 01/05/2021 11:18:33 AM PST by Boogieman
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