A historic Black church took the Proud Boys to court. Now it controls their trademark A judge awarded the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church $2.8 million in damages in 2023 ...

The Proud Boys have paid $1,500 so far of the judgment, which with interest is at least $3.1 million, according to the church’s attorneys. “We will be unrelenting in pursuing justice,” Lamar ...

A Black church that won a challenge against the Proud Boys hopes it spurs others to act. “We want to capitalize on this energy,'' said William Lamar.

During pro-Trump rallies in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12, 2020, members of the Proud Boys "violently tore down and destroyed" a Black Lives Matter sign in front of the church, according to a June ...

The Proud Boys have paid $1,500 so far of the judgment, which with interest is at least $3.1 million, according to the church’s attorneys. “We will be unrelenting in pursuing justice,” Lamar ...

The Proud Boys also vandalized a Black Lives Matter sign hung by the neighboring Asbury United Methodist, a Black church since 1836, setting the sign aflame on the street.

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., made history this year: Thanks to a lawsuit, the church controls the trademark to the far-right group known as the Proud Boys.

A judge awarded the church $2.8 million in damages in 2023, condemning the Proud Boys’ “hateful and overtly racist conduct.” In February, after the Proud Boys didn’t pay, the court gave the church use ...

The Proud Boys have paid $1,500 so far of the judgment, which with interest is at least $3.1 million, according to the church’s attorneys. “We will be unrelenting in pursuing justice,” Lamar ...

The church can seize money the Proud Boys make through merchandise sales. And the congregation has begun to sell lookalike shirts on its website with lines like “Stay Proud, Stay Black.” It ...

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and welcomed American presidents. It made history again this year ...