Henry's Bad Day

It looks like self-described Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day:

#BREAKING

I was just interviewing Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio by phone.

While we were on the call, sirens started blaring in the background.

He told his driver to pull over.

Said "They're for me," then "Here's something to write about."

He *may have been arrested.

— Will Carless (@willcarless) January 4, 2021

His arrest was confirmed by the NYT:

It’s confirmed. Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested. @nytimes has it. https://t.co/roVArKsQHz pic.twitter.com/sRPayRvHr8

— Hilary Sargent (@lilsarg) January 4, 2021

To top it off, he was caught with two high-capacity firearm magazines, a no-no in DC:

Yep. pic.twitter.com/o5ZbTEb9HE

— Belle Armstrong (@Belsam) January 5, 2021

Regarding his destruction of property charges, he admitted to burning Black Lives Matter banners stolen from a historic African-American church, so he might be facing hate crimes charges. The 'against the wishes of my attorney' ups the Schadenfreude level:

WOW. Read it. 😬 pic.twitter.com/GMiMLavRaw

— Parlertakes🇺🇸 (@parlertakes) December 18, 2020

Hank doesn't seem like a very smart boy... he's also a convicted felon:

Thanks to ⁦@AntiFashGordon⁩ for reminding me that Proudest Boy Enrique Tarrio is already a felon. pic.twitter.com/8SfD9EmSc6

— Hilary Sargent (@lilsarg) January 4, 2021

Hopefully, he'll still be cooling his heels in the pokey by the time the January 6th MAGA Denial Rally takes place.  I even more sincerely hope that his arrest and jailing serves as a warning to the rest of the potential attendees to leave their shooting irons at home, that the DC Metropolitan Police and Capitol Police mean business this time.  It's going to be a shitshow, to be sure, but having one of the major poo-flingers in custody is somewhat reassuring. Thank goodness this current crop of fascists is universally stupid, from Trump on down to his lowliest footsoldier-wannabe.