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Proud Boys Ordered to Pay Over One Million Dollars to Vandalized Church

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Article Source: Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Article Source: Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Proud Boys heckle Black Lives Matter protestors in Columbus, Ohio on July 18th, 2020 - 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.  Read More

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