Proud Boys leader arrested, accused of burning church banner

Proud Boys leader Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio (Allison Dinner/AP)

Police in Washington DC have arrested the leader of the Proud Boys, who is accused of burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic black church in downtown Washington last month.

Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio, 36, was arrested by Metropolitan Police Department officers after he arrived in Washington ahead of protests planned by supporters of President Donald Trump to coincide with the congressional vote expected on Wednesday to affirm Joe Biden’s election victory.