Proud Boys lose naming rights to Black church members attacked after Trump rally in 2020

[littlemissmartypants]

Source: Independent

The Proud Boys, a far-right sect of Donald Trump supporters, has lost its naming rights to a predominantly Black church after vandalizing its premises and demonstrating “hateful and overtly racist conduct” in December 2020, a court has found.

The all-male group of self-proclaimed “Western chauvinists” was stripped of its “Proud Boys” trademark a Washington, DC judge ruled on Monday.

Merchandise containing the organization’s name or symbols cannot be sold without the consent of a church it attacked in the U.S. capital less than a month before the Jan. 6 riots: the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Proud Boys chapters across the U.S. will no longer be able to legally use their name, traditional logos or emblems without the church’s permission, Judge Tanya Bosier of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia ruled.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/proud-boys-trademark-trump-church-enrique-tarrio-b2691799.html

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Proud Boys lose naming rights to Black church members attacked after Trump rally in 2020
Extremist organization instrumental in the Jan. 6 insurrection has been stripped of its trademark after failing to pay compensatory damages to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church

James Liddell
Tuesday 04 February 2025 11:17 GMT

[JohnnyRingo]

1. I've never heard of a court order like this.

Last edited Tue Feb 4, 2025, 01:01 PM - Edit history (1)

I see what they're doing punitively, but not allowing a group to use their name without compensation is a new one.
Imagine if the Hells Angels had to pay a royalty to The Fraternal Order of Police for every patch they wear.

Edited for missing word.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. Further explanation from the article:

According to the order, the church sought compensatory damages as part of the civil suit to repair the sign and bolster security after the attack and due to perceived “ongoing threats”.

When the Proud Boys failed to turn over any money, the church’s lawyers sought to seize control of their trademark to satisfy the judgment.

In June 2023, D.C. Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz ordered the Proud Boys to pay the church $2.8 million as part of a civil suit judgment involving the destruction of property.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/proud-boys-trademark-trump-church-enrique-tarrio-b2691799.html

[JohnnyRingo]

19. Now they could avoid it by changing their name.

"Poor Boys" seems apt.

[JustAnotherGen]

6. Technically the

Compensation just goes to the Church. They can still sell merchandise - they just have to give the profits to someone else.

That's how I read it.

[mopinko]

20. nope. they own the name. gotta have permission to use it.

that’s how trademark law works.
the church cant let them get away with using it, either. if u dont protect your mark, u lose legal right to it.

[RainCaster]

18. It came from a newspaper in England

Such material is apparently too controversial for US news outlets.

[IronLionZion]

3. Pathetic Boys, Ashamed Boys, Unemployed Boys

[brakester]

23. Toi

Bois.

[GB_RN]

4. Guess The Shitheads Will Need A New Name...

I think that “Nazionalsozialist AmeriKKKanisch Arbeiterpartei” might be available…and accurate.

[iluvtennis]

5. Some good news - yay! n/t

[Mopar151]

7. I presume that "White Closet Race Queens" is already taken? nt

[JoseBalow]

8. Maybe they can use the old Washington Redskins name and logo?

(3:00)

[momta]

9. Love this! n/t

[Oopsie Daisy]

10. Will the church prohibit all Proud Boys swag? Or will they seek to profit from it?

[Crowman2009]

11. They should change their name to The Closeted Incel Bitch Boys!

[Figarosmom]

12. They wont follow

That ruling. They'll give the judge the finger and continue using it. They won't pay any fines incurred for using the name either.

[lastlib]

14. They'll face legal action from the church if they do,,,

...and the church can collect damages for it.

[Figarosmom]

16. Hows that working against Rudy?

COLLECTING IS A BITCH.

Ruby and her daughter will never collect that judgement until he's dead. The same with E.Jean Carroll. These guys don't care about the law. And which of the Proud Boys will be held to account? All of them? One of them?

[groundloop]

17. Just like the church collected damages the first time around.

These rulings don't mean squat without someone to enforce them, and under tRump's DOJ they'll simply be ignored.

[lastlib]

13. This is WONDERFUL news!!

This sinks their ship!

[littlemissmartypants]

15. ❤️

[chowmama]

21. Wall-eyed snot-nosed whiny-ass titty babies?

[FakeNoose]

22. I hope that includes their ugly fake-kilts

"F-U-C-K A-N-T-I-F-A"