WASHINGTON D.C. — A former Washington D.C. police officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Friday for lying to authorities about leaking confidential information the leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group.

Shane Lamond, who is now retired, was a lieutenant for the Metropolitan Police Department when he gave information about the department’s investigation into a Black Lives Matter banner that was burned.

Lamond was convicted of obstruction of justice and three counts of making false statements.

Lamond retired in May 2023 after 23 years with the Metropolitan Police Department. Lamond worked in the intelligence branch of MPD’s Homeland Security Bureau, where he was a supervisor — monitoring extremist groups that came to D.C. was part of his job.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump earlier this year, was at the court house for Lamond’s sentencing.

“I ask that the Justice Department and the President of the United States step in and correct the injustice that I just witnessed inside this courtroom,” Tarrio said, per the Associated Press.

Tarrio pleaded guilty to burning the Black Lives Matter banner, which was stolen from a historic Black church in Washington D.C. in December 2020.

The church later gained ownership of the Proud Boys trademark after the group defaulted on a judgment.

More on the charges and sentencing of Shane Lamond.