Ahead of right-wing rally, Washington DC churches ask for extra police protection
Washington DC, US RNS Houses of worship in the nation’s capital will receive additional police protection ahead of a right-wing rally this weekend after members of the militant group Proud Boys destroyed and burned church banners in December, 2020. In a letter sent to Washington Metropolitan Police officials on Thursday, Asbury Methodist Church’s pastor, Rev […]
In the US, Proud Boys leader sentenced to five months for burning church banner
Washington DC, US RNS The leader of the far-right extremist group Proud Boys has been sentenced to five months in jail for setting a historic Black church’s Black Lives Matter banner on fire in December and possessing high-capacity firearm magazines when he returned to Washington days before the 6th January insurrection. According to The Associated […]
DC church replaces Black Lives Matter banner destroyed by ‘Proud Boys’
Washington DC, US RNS Asbury United Methodist Church in Washington replaced a Black Lives Matter sign Friday that was taken from its grounds and set aflame last weekend by members of the Proud Boys. According to police, Asbury was one of four churches that endured property destruction last weekend after supporters of President Trump descended […]