Proud Boys leader who burned BLM flag gets five months in jail

The riots at the Capitol in Washington. (John Minchillo/AP)

The leader of the Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to more than five months in jail for burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic church in Washington DC.

Enrique Tarrio told the court he was “profusely” sorry for his actions, calling them a “grave mistake”.