<p>Police in the nations capital on Monday arrested the leader of the Proud Boys, who is accused of burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic Black church in downtown Washington last month.</p>

<p>Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, 36, was arrested by Metropolitan Police Department officers after he arrived in Washington ahead of protests planned by supporters of President Donald Trump to coincide with the congressional vote expected Wednesday to affirm Joe Bidens election victory.</p>

<p>Tarrio was taken into custody after a warrant was issued for his arrest for destruction of property, police said.</p>

<p>He was also facing a weapons charges after officers found him with two high-capacity firearm magazines when he was arrested, a police spokesman said.</p>

<p>A pro-Trump rally in December ended in violence as hundreds of Trump supporters, some wearing the signature black and yellow of the Proud Boys, sought out confrontations with a collective of activists and counterprotesters attempting to bar them from Black Lives Matter Plaza, an area near the White House.</p>

<p>By nightfall, vandals tore down a Black Lives Matter banner and sign from two historic Black churches in downtown Washington and set the banner ablaze.</p>

<p>Video posted online showed people pouring an accelerant on a Black Lives Matter banner near the Asbury United Methodist Church and setting it ablaze in the street as others cheered and cursed last month.</p>

<p>One of the videos showed someone walking up about a minute later and using a fire extinguisher to put out the flames.</p>

<p>Tarrio told The Washington Post he had participated in the burning of the Black Lives Matter banner and said he would plead guilty to destruction of property and pay the church the cost of the banner.</p>


Police in the nations capital on Monday arrested the leader of the Proud Boys, who is accused of burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic Black church in downtown Washington last month.

Police in the nations capital on Monday arrested the leader of the Proud Boys, who is accused of burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic Black church in downtown Washington last month. Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, 36, was arrested by Metropolitan Police Department officers after he arrived in Washington ahead of protests planned by supporters of President Donald Trump to coincide with the congressional vote expected Wednesday to affirm Joe Bidens election victory. Tarrio was taken into custody after a warrant was issued for his arrest for destruction of property, police said. He was also facing a weapons charges after officers found him with two high-capacity firearm magazines when he was arrested, a police spokesman said. A pro-Trump rally in December ended in violence as hundreds of Trump supporters, some wearing the signature black and yellow of the Proud Boys, sought out confrontations with a collective of activists and counterprotesters attempting to bar them from Black Lives Matter Plaza, an area near the White House. By nightfall, vandals tore down a Black Lives Matter banner and sign from two historic Black churches in downtown Washington and set the banner ablaze. Video posted online showed people pouring an accelerant on a Black Lives Matter banner near the Asbury United Methodist Church and setting it ablaze in the street as others cheered and cursed last month. One of the videos showed someone walking up about a minute later and using a fire extinguisher to put out the flames. Tarrio told The Washington Post he had participated in the burning of the Black Lives Matter banner and said he would plead guilty to destruction of property and pay the church the cost of the banner.

Proud Boys leader arrested, accused of burning Black Lives Matter banner in US church

<p>Elvis Presley’s estate was vandalised with Black Lives Matter graffiti last night.</p>

<p>Words like BLM and Defund the Police were sprayed overnight. The words alongwith other slogans were spray-painted in black and orange on the stone wall surrounding the the late star’s mansion. This is the same wall where fans come and write and their tributes for the pop icon.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The wall outside <a href="https://twitter.com/VisitGraceland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VisitGraceland</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Memphis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Memphis</a> where <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Elvis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Elvis</a> fans write their names and tributes to The King was vandalized overnite. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackLivesMatter</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DefundMPD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DefundMPD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AbolishIce?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AbolishIce</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BreonnaTaylor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BreonnaTaylor</a> were spray painted all over the wall.<br />
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<p>A signature Memphis landmark, it is major tourist draw.</p>

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<p>The graffiti covered up many of the hundreds of tributes to the music icon handwritten by fans on the wall over the years.</p>

<p>Another Memphis landmark, historic concert venue the Levitt Shell, was defaced with similar graffiti, including Eat the Rich and Defund MPD [Memphis Police Department]. The open-air amphitheater in Overton Park was where Elvia Presley gave his first paid concert on July 30, 1954.</p>

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Elvis Presley’s estate was vandalised with Black Lives Matter graffiti last night. Words like BLM and Defund the Police were sprayed overnight. The words alongwith other slogans were spray-painted in black and orange on the stone wall surrounding the the late star’s mansion.

Elvis Presley’s estate was vandalised with Black Lives Matter graffiti last night. Words like BLM and Defund the Police were sprayed overnight. The words alongwith other slogans were spray-painted in black and orange on the stone wall surrounding the the late star’s mansion. This is the same wall where fans come and write and their tributes for the pop icon. The wall outside @VisitGraceland in #Memphis where #Elvis fans write their names and tributes to The King was vandalized overnite. #BlackLivesMatter #DefundMPD #AbolishIce & #BreonnaTaylor were spray painted all over the wall. 📸: @BriseidaHolguin pic.twitter.com/xT9gcyQz82 — Joyce Peterson (@MemphoNewsLady) September 1, 2020 × A signature Memphis landmark, it is major tourist draw. Michael Jackson slams The Beatles, Elvis Presley in old letters from 1987, calls out racism in music industry The graffiti covered up many of the hundreds of tributes to the music icon handwritten by fans on the wall over the years. Another Memphis landmark, historic concert venue the Levitt Shell, was defaced with similar graffiti, including Eat the Rich and Defund MPD [Memphis Police Department]. The open-air amphitheater in Overton Park was where Elvia Presley gave his first paid concert on July 30, 1954. Justin Bieber beats Elvis Presley to become youngest singer with seven no.1 albums

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