Proud Boys leader jailed for five months for burning church's BLM banner and carrying high-capacity magazines

Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, the Proud Boys leader who openly boasted of burning a BLM banner taken from a black church in D.C., was yesterday sentenced to five months in jail over the incident. It's a stiff sentence for such a minor crime, but context matters in law as in life.

"Mr. Tarrio has clearly, intentionally and proudly crossed the line from peaceful protest and assembly to dangerous and potentially violent criminal conduct," D.C. Superior Court Judge Harold L. Cushenberry Jr. said during a virtual hearing that included statements from Tarrio and Asbury United Methodist pastor Rev. Ianther M. Mills.

"Considering Mr. Tarrio's previous criminal conduct, particularly for fraud, the court does not credit his claims that he had no reason to know possession of (high-capacity magazines) was illegal. He cared about himself and self-promotion, not the laws of D.C."