The appeal says the judge was biased because he attended the church Tarrio took a Black Lives Matter sign from before burning it.
by WUSA-TV reporter Eric Flack—his attorney requested the judge, Harold Cushenberry Jr., recuses himself from the case because he previously attended the church and his oldest daughter was baptized there.
The appeal claims Cushenberry previously said he would be"perfectly willing" to recuse himself if Tarrio was concerned about the possible conflict of interest. His attorney asked for a different judge to reconsider and"substantially reduce" the sentence, which was imposed August 23. In the hours leading up to his sentence, Tarrio posted a message to his followers on Telegram along with a"First I want to thank the thousands of true American patriots who have offered their prayers and support as I embark on this next chapter of my life. I am not worried and feel at peace with what I must do over the next five months," Tarrio wrote."My message to them is simple, don't give up the ship. Keep holding power to account and never back down.
The attorney for Enrique Tarrio, a leader of the right-wing extremist group Proud Boys, filed an emergency appeal Monday night requesting for his sentence to be shortened. Here, he is seen leading a rally in Washington D.C. on November 14.He told thebefore his arrest in January that he did not regret burning the flag because he believed Black Lives Matter"has terrorized the citizens of this country.
The Rev. Dr. Ianther Mills, the senior pastor of the church, said in December that seeing the burning"pained" him and"Last night demonstrators who were part of the MAGA gatherings tore down our Black Lives Matter sign and literally burned it in the street. The sign burning was captured on Twitter," Mills wrote in a statement."It pained me especially to see our name, Asbury, in flames. For me it was reminiscent of cross burnings.
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