Judge bans Proud Boys leader from Washington after arrest

Associated Press
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 4:40 p.m. | Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 4:40 p.m.

Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio rallies in Portland, Ore., during the group’s ‘End Domestic Terrorism’ gathering.

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People attend a rally Tuesday at Freedom Plaza in Washington in support of President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON — A judge has banned the leader of the Proud Boys from the nation’s capital after he was accused of vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic black church and found with high-capacity firearm magazines when he was arrested.

The order bans Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 36, from entering the District of Columbia, with very limited exceptions to meet with his attorney or appear in court. It comes a day after he was arrested arriving in Washington ahead of protests planned by supporters of President Donald Trump to coincide with the congressional vote expected Wednesday to affirm Joe Biden’s election victory.

Tarrio was arrested Monday by the Metropolitan Police Department and accused of burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic black church in downtown Washington last month. He was charged with destruction of property and is was also facing a weapons charges after officers found him with the firearm magazines when he was arrested.

A photo of the firearm magazines released in court papers showed them bearing the Proud Boys logo.