Black Church Awarded $1 Million in Lawsuit Against Proud Boys for Destroying BLM Banner

A judge ordered the Proud Boys to pay over $1 million in damages to Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church for tearing down and burning a Black Lives Matter banner during a protest.
The ruling also bans the Proud Boys and its leaders from approaching the church or threatening it for five years.
The lawsuit was filed after clashes between Trump supporters and counterprotesters turned violent in December 2020.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio admitted to burning one of the banners and was sentenced to five months in jail.
The judge called the Proud Boys' actions an "attack" on the church that were motivated by white supremacy and violence.