Proud Boys heckle Black Lives Matter protestors in Columbus, Ohio, US, on July 18th, 2020. (Photo by Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
  • A judge ordered the Proud Boys and its leaders to pay over $1 million for a racially motivated attack on the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in December 2020.
  • The defendants were found to have engaged in an unlawful conspiracy, violating federal and state civil rights laws, including the Ku Klux Klan Act and the D.C. hate crimes statute.
  • During the attack, Proud Boys members trespassed onto the church and destroyed a large Black Lives Matter sign, which was part of a series of attacks on four churches that night.