(CNN)The leader of the Proud Boys, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, was arrested Monday in Washington, DC, for allegedly burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a Black church last month during protests in the city after a “Stop the Steal” rally.
A law enforcement official told CNN that the DC Metropolitan Police Department charged Tarrio, of Miami, with destruction of property related to a banner that was burned on December 12 outside a church in northwest DC.DC Metropolitan Police Department Public Information Officer Sean Hickman separately told CNN that Tarrio was charged with being in possession of firearm magazines.
Proud Boys leader arrested for allegedly burning Black Lives Matter banner at DC church
If you are not a certified member of the Liberal establishment or at least a recognized loyal peasant of the group, you will not be afforded the protections others get. How many cases of arson set by Antifa/BLM we have seen this last year and how many have they been brought to justice? One? Two maybe?
And as for the magazine charge, do you guys remember the case of NBC’s David Gregory waving a 30 round AR Magazine during an interview in Washington DC?
The funny part is that he was advised NOT to have the magazine by the DC Police, yet he ignored the law and with accusatory attitude, waved it during an interview with Wayne LaPierre, live on TV for the country to see. did he get in trouble? Arrested? Nope.
The attorney general for the District of Columbia, Irvin Nathan, announced Friday that he will not press charges against NBC News’ David Gregory nor any employee of the broadcast network for violating the city’s gun laws. Violation of the city’s firearms laws carry a maximum $1,000 fine and one year in jail.
Mr. Nathan wrote to an attorney representing Mr. Gregory and NBC News, Lee Levine of Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, that, “OAG has made this determination, despite the clarity of the violation of this important law, because under all of the circumstances here a prosecution would not promote public safety in the District of Columbia nor serve the best interests of the people of the District to whom this office owes its trust.”
MILLER: David Gregory gets off scot free
If you are a Hispanic that toes the Democratic Party line and waves his/her left fist denouncing non-Liberal white supremacy and applauding to the words of your leaders at the proper cues, you are an honorable Person of Color. But if you happen to dissent, you are just another lousy Spic that must be shut up and only allowed to mow lawns before being quietly deported.
Here I thought flag burning was protected speech.
It has to be the right flavor of flag…
Seriously, though, it is, if it’s your flag. If you steal and burn someone else’s, though, that’s theft and destruction of property. I think that’s what he’s being charged with; the alleged object stolen and burned happened to be a flag.
Of course this could be a fake charge intended to keep him off the street for a few days.
That only applies if you are the wrong political flavor. Otherwise you could set fire to the flag and the church and be called a champion of Civil Liberties.
Note to self: don’t read Recoil on the DC Metro.
He must be one of them white Hispanics.
Gun magazines??? Gun n ammo? Field and stream??
First axiom of politics in action.
And, (IANAL) Boris is correct, potentially. If he was burning a flag that he owned, there would likely not be charges, or if there were, they would not stick.
Important note though. If he were of the correct political affiliation, he could have stolen the mayor’s flag and burned it on her dining room table, and no cop would have said a word.
Burn a BLM flag on top of a pyre made of American flags and bibles. Just to make the Left stroke out trying to get past the cognitive dissonance.