Some Very Good News -- Coming Out Of DC Today -- At A Historic AME Church, Too: The Proud Boys Can Be Sued... For Infringing The AME's Marks!

Not that it is particularly difficult, at all -- with these malign morons at the helm, but perhaps the best way to beat a racist organization is to lawfully "take away" their name -- and trademarks.

And that is exactly what the smart, faithful folks -- at the DC Metropolitan AME Church have done. They now own the "Proud Boys" name and mark, and may repurpose it -- for good. [A federal infringement suit has now been fileg, to end the racists' use of the name and mark, this week at the NYC chapter of the racists' organization, in Manhattan.]

Flawless -- and we do need a "good faith" story out of DC, of late. So. . . this is it (for this week), per the local papers:

. . .Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, a historic Black institution in Washington, D.C., has filed a lawsuit against the New York chapter of the white nationalist group The Proud Boys for using the name and logo on merchandise, as the church controls the “Proud Boys” trademark, WTOP reports.

In a suit filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York, Metropolitan AME accused the Hudson Valley Proud Boys Chapter, president William Pepe, and 100 “John Does” of trademark infringement for use of the name and black and yellow wreath logo in online recruitment efforts and merchandise sales. The church sent a cease-and-desist letter to Pepe, demanding that the chapter stop using the Proud Boys name within its communications.

DC’s historic Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church won the Proud Boys’ trademarks in February. Now it’s selling merchandise that repurposes the far-right group’s logo.

For only $20, you can order a shirt that says, “Stay Proud, Stay Black” in the group’s signature black-and-yellow color scheme, or another that reads, “Stay Proud, Black Lives Matter.” Metropolitan AME also offers shirts that say “Proud Boys Cancelled” and “I’m a Proud Girl.” Proceeds from the sales will go to a community justice fund the church is setting up. . . .

The AME Church won a multi-million judgment against the [racist] former Proud Boys, based on lawlessness, back in the times of Tangerine 1.0 -- and as a result, had lawfully foreclosed on the marks. As I say. . . flawless! Onward, smiling. . . .

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