Proud Boys Trademark Transferred to Vandalized Church

Judge Tanya Jones Bosier of the District of Columbia Superior Court has ordered the Proud Boys to transfer their trademark to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, a Black church in Washington, D.C., that they vandalized in 2020. This decision follows a $2.8 million judgment the church won against the group, which it failed to pay. As a result, the church now controls the use of the Proud Boys' name and symbols, and any merchandise sales require its approval. The ruling stems from an incident where Proud Boys members, including leader Enrique Tarrio, burned a Black Lives Matter banner on church property. Tarrio, who was pardoned by Trump, has called the ruling a betrayal of justice and demanded the impeachment of the judge and revocation of the church's nonprofit status. The move has been celebrated as a form of poetic justice against the far-right group.