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Proud Boys ex-leader Enrique Tarrio arrested for assault near US Capitol

www.theguardian.com

Summary

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested near the U.S. Capitol for allegedly assaulting a protester by striking her phone and arm.

Tarrio had just left a press conference alongside other far-right figures pardoned by Donald Trump for their roles in the January 6 attack.

Tarrio was previously serving a 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy before Trump's mass clemency.

A recent poll shows most Americans disapprove of pardoning Capitol rioters. Tarrio's attorney has not yet commented on the new charges.

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They just can't help themselves. They just have to be violent assholes and prove their inferiority to everyone else whenever they have the chance.
- he'll be pardoned because this is the kind of loser our two presidents are
  
  Yeah, that's likely the test right now. Does tarrio serve a month in jail or does he get immediately pardoned. If he's pardoned, that's a pretty strong signal for the brown shirts to start attacking people.
  Be careful out there and don't expect the law to be fairly applied :(
  
  Wait, who's the second president? Musk and ... ?
  
  Wouldn't this be a state or city level crime?
  
  Elon and Musk?
- He has small dick energy. He should go and work for Tesla.
  
  They only accept incels with mangled dick energy, sorry Enrique.
"Welp, I'm gonna need another pardon, boss!!"
Fucking idiots are just emboldened assholes now. And with good reason.
Dude’s name is Enrique Tarrio. Can’t we get some inbreds to burn crosses on his lawn?
- Imagine how angry this guy must be - he's essentially a white supremacist, and yet, every white supremacist, no matter who they are, still thinks they are default better than him...
  I mean, you also have to be a very special kind of stupid to have a name like Enrique Tarrio and run around with the redcaps.
  I cannot imagine what that level of cognitive dissonance must be like...
And he's already been released.
Enrique Tarrio can go jump up his own butt.
Pushing the line to see what they can get with. They're going to start killing people soon.
Eniriqueeeee don't you go assaulting minorities before you finish your tostones or you are going to get the chancla
Everyone in the comments talking about him just getting a 2nd pardon, you're assuming the charges stick.
Is he being charged at the state level? Get this motherfucker in prison again and keep him there, please!
Here’s hoping they all end up back in jail.
I'm sorry... Enrique????
- yes, hes cuban descent, and they called him a token black guy before too in his supremecy group.
I thought Proud Boys were white?
- my uncle is half Mexican and he gave himself a swastika tattoo
  people are crazy
  
  The fuck
Enrique Tarrio is the kind of person that used to squeeze their acne in high school, for fun.
- Doesn't everyone squeeze their pimples in high school?
  
  Maybe not for sport, like this guy.
- Wait... I did that! Am I a trum...I can't say it! No! No! Noooooooo!
“The woman told our officers that she wanted to be a complainant, and [Tarrio] was arrested for the simple assault,” police said in a statement.
Assault in the Fourth degree in Washington can get you for even a tap or push. If this woman knew who Enrique was, she could have very easily (and intentionally) got him arrested for this: https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9A.36.041
- That’s the Washington state legislature. This happened in Washington DC.
- If this woman knew who Enrique was, she could have very easily (and intentionally) got him arrested for this
  Or, and stay with me here, she's a victim who was attacked by a man who leads a group characterised as: Misogynistic, Islamophobic, transphobic and anti-immigration.
- You know he actively did it, he's not the kind of asshole that keeps his hands to himself, as evidenced by, well, everything about him and his history.
  It's not hard to keep your hands to yourself. You just don't touch. It's literally one of the first things parents teach kids.
- wrong washington

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