A D.C. church has been handed the naming rights to the far-right Proud Boys group as retribution for the latter’s vandalism, per the Washington Post.
“A historic Black church in D.C. that was vandalized by members of the extremist Proud Boys in 2020 has secured the group’s naming rights, allowing the institution to seek proceeds from sales of the organization’s merchandise and membership dues.”
“[D.C. Superior Court Judge] Bosier effectively granted the church control over the name and symbols of the far-right group. A downtown landmark steeped in civil rights work, the church never received a multimillion-dollar judgment that the Proud Boys and its leader were ordered to pay in a civil case. The case stemmed from the night that Proud Boys tore down and destroyed the church’s Black Lives Matter sign.”
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-TKA
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