Proud Boys burn BLM signs at DC churches
People reportedly affiliated with the hate group Proud Boys tore down Black Lives Matter signs belonging to churches in Washington, DC, on December 12, setting at least one aflame.
The damage to the signs came as the city endured a wave of violence after supporters of President Donald Trump flocked to the nation’s capital to protest President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory.
In a pair of widely shared Twitter videos, a group of people identified by the conservative outlet Daily Caller as Proud Boys can be seen tearing down a Black Lives Matter sign—which bears the logo of Asbury United Methodist Church, a historically Black congregation—and then setting it on fire. The group—mostly White men, many wearing the black-and-yellow colors often worn by Proud Boys—then begin to cheer and chant expletive-ridden anthems.
