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 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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

When the Proud Boys didn't pay the $2.8 million, Judge Bosier ordered that the group's name and yellow-and-black laurel wreath symbol be transferred to the church. What People Are Saying ...

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 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 ...

It was political intimidation, according to Lamar. A judge awarded the church $2.8 million in damages in 2023, condemning the Proud Boys’ “hateful and overtly racist conduct.” ...

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 ...