Judge Awards $1 Million to Black Church Over Proud Boys’ BLM Banner Burning
A judge on Friday awarded Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, a black church in the District of Columbia, over $1 million in damages in a lawsuit against the Proud Boys.
The lawsuit was filed in response to the Proud Boys’ destruction of a Black Lives Matter banner during a protest in 2020.
Superior Court Associate Judge Neal Kravitz additionally imposed a five-year ban on the Proud Boys and its leaders from coming near the church or engaging in threats or defamatory remarks against the church or its pastor.
The judgment was issued as a default ruling due to the defendants’ failure to appear in court….