The Boise Pride Festival has been putting up flags and banners around Boise during Pride month for. The value of the flags and dowels was estimated to be about 400. 25 of the 29 pride flags on Harrison Boulevard were stolen or destroyed, according to a Facebook post. Washington police said Monday they were worried about potential violence, particularly from groups like the Proud Boys, and warned that people carrying firearms would be arrested. He was taken to the Ada County Jail and charged with misdemeanor petit theft. The official said the additional forces will be used for traffic control and other assistance but they will not be armed or wearing body armor. Mayor Muriel Bowser has requested a limited National Guard deployment to help bolster the Metropolitan Police Department. According to a US defense official, Bowser put in a request for Guard members on New Year’s Eve to help with the protests. The three suspects reportedly branched off from a group of 15. Martinez said he removed the flag because he. The arrest came ahead of protests planned on Tuesday and Wednesday by backers of President Donald Trump supporting his unfounded claim that he, and not Biden, won the November 3 presidential election. Three May Day protesters were arrested this week for allegedly setting fire to an American flag in a city park, police said. Adolfo Martinez was found guilty on Wednesday after tearing down and burning the flag which was flying at the Ames United Church of Christ in June. Adolfo Martinez was found guilty on Wednesday after tearing down and burning the flag which. Adolfo Martinez, 30, stole the flag from United Church of. "The conduct of the Proud Boys in Washington, DC on December 12, 2020, amounted to a new and dangerous chapter in the long and terrible history of white supremacist mob violence targeting Black houses of worship," the church said in its filing. A man has been sentenced to about 15 years after burning an LGBTQ flag hanging from a church in Iowa. A homophobe who wanted to ‘punish’ gays has been jailed for 16 years for burning a LGBT pride flag a tougher sentence than for rape. In a parallel court case unveiled Monday, Tarrio and other members of the Proud Boys were accused by the historic Metropolitan AME church, also mainly African American, with tearing down and burning its banner during the protests last month. He was hit with additional charges of possessing two illegal high capacity firearm magazines at the time of his arrest, police said. Tarrio, who had just arrived in the city from Florida, was charged with destruction of property at the Asbury United Methodist Church, a mainly African American church where he and others allegedly burned the banner during violent protests on December 12. Enrique Tarrio, 36, was taken into custody as the US capital braces for demonstrations against lawmakers' certification this week of Joe Biden as the next US president. A man charged with burning an Ames churchs LGBTQ pride banner outside of a nearby gentlemens club told KCCI he has no regrets over what happened.