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Far-right group Proud Boys loses legal naming rights to Black church it vandalized

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Far-right group Proud Boys loses legal naming rights to Black church it vandalized

The ruling Monday by Judge Tanya Jones Bosier of Washington DC’s superior court grants the church – the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal church – power over how the Proud Boys moniker is used. Bosier’s decision opens a pathway to seizing proceeds from the sale of any merchandise featuring the white supremacist group’s name, logos and insignia, too.

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