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The prosecutor said, "They're here because they ambushed a cop." WTF?!?! Well then, on Jan 6th a mob of fucking MAGA terrorists ambushed a lot of police officers.
This is now going to be imposed nationwide. It's inevitable at this point. And don't blather on about We The People rising up in revolution. That's impossible in a postindustrial society.
Whatever side you're on, this is worrisome. Today it's Antifa, tomorrow it's the Tea Party etc.
Weapons can be repurposed as new parties take power endlessly until finally some sane group of souls has the decency to legislate away malicious prosecutions based on politics.
Voting Republican supports terrorism and that’s okay so can we drop the dramatics and call the charges out for what they really are? They inconvenienced rich people.
If they are going to process you as terrorist anyway, then you might as well make moves that are worthy of the label. After all the only real difference between a freedom fighter and terrorist is the narrative.
Jein. There's also the problem that antifa believers generally have universal morals, such as killing is bad.
Agreed.
There shouldn't be a law against terrorism. Real terrorism already involves serious crimes (murder etc.). There should not be a law defining "being a terrorist" as illegal.
"found guilty of support for terrorism" is bullshit.
If the bill of rights is not applicable, they are beyond laws.
The rules are made up and the points don't matter.
Do you think they classified the IRGC as a terrorist organization so that they can have a pretense for going after critics of the war?
Only seems that way because the real terrorists are running the system
The first Texan to roll Paxton into the Gulf of Mexico wins.
First skin ‘im. Then drag through the salty sand out into that salty gulf.
Of course I don’t approve of violence. But if you’re going to do something, do it right.
Edit: all things just harmless shit talking of course.
another rule of fascism, always accuse your opposition as terrorist, so that your Peblian support remains strong.
A police officer arrived on the scene shortly after and drew his weapon at one of the people allegedly doing vandalism. One of the protesters was standing in the woods with an AR-15 and hit him in the shoulder. The officer would survive.
Even this conviction is bullshit. The cop drew first. Song shot in defense of others.
The standards of ROE they hold fucking police officers to is absolutely fucked. They draw their weapons at the drop of a hat and fucking POINT a weapon at unarmed people all the fucking time. The second weapon safety rule is to NEVER point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot. IN A FUCKING WAR ZONE, a mfer could be cursing at you with a goddamn AK pointed at you and ROE say you still aren't justified to engage. If a cop points a weapon directly at someone, that establishes intent by basic-ass weapons safety rules that these jackasses are supposed to be trained in. Charge all cops with attempted murder that point weapons at unarmed people. And I mean that unironically, pass a law and everything. They can't keep getting away with escalating all these situations so fucking often that people feel the need to arm themselves and put on body armor just in case they run across a cop. And if these baby-bitch cops can't be trusted with firearms, how about we take their fucking guns and arm minorities instead. At least minorities in America actually have a reason to fear for their lives enough to arm themselves.
It's interesting how there are more dead protesters than police forces.
Tbh we need more of this they kill us in droves already.
When being against fascism gets you charged as a terrorist, you live in a fascist regime.
And all those concentration camps they're building aren't just for immigrants.
Even if they were, it would count.
How is any jury finding them guilty, deck has to be stacked because the ratio of ice supporters to nonsupporters even in Texas isn't enough to get an average jury to vote guilty. This is coming from a guy in Oklahoma. All they need is 1 juror to hold the line.
They pointed to the fact that the demonstrators took steps to prevent their cell phones from being tracked.
Prosecutors also pointed to the way that the protesters used Signal, a widely-used messaging application, as evidence of their coordination and conspiracy. The protesters used pseudonyms on the app and had messages autodelete, an increasingly common practice among protesters and journalists who are concerned about government surveillance. They also emphasized the defendants were wearing all black during the protest, sometimes describing it as “tactical” gear.
That just describes my normal non-protest day. The fuck is this?
Antifa! ANTIFA!!!
Me too, by the way. Tbh, I'm way closer to antifa than to ever setting foot in the USA. And I still think that's a good thing. At least being anti fascist and willing to punch a Nazi.
My black T-shirt is now tactical gear.
Tactileneck
At first they came for the tactical protestors and I said nothing. Then they came for the goths, then the emo kids.
When you find out you've been a terrorist your whole life...
This is a big big fucking deal and big hit to freedom here.
I can hardly believe this outcome.
Thats actually insane. This is a HUGE HUGE HUGE deal
Every other day it's something that's a HUGE HUGE HUGE fucking deal. It's done, the frog is boiled. Violent rebellion or accept fascism, choose one.
I belive the term here is "kangaroo court"
Sanchez-Estrada was the only defendant not at the protest, and was only charged with corruptly concealing a document or record, after prosecutors say he moved leftwing zines following the arrest of his wife, Maricela Rueda, on the Fourth of July. Song also escaped after the incident and there was an 11-day manhunt for him.
WTF THEYRE COMING FOR OUR ZINES!!!???
I believe this was a part of their ‘throw spaghetti at the wall and see which sticks’ strategy, because while I read about these charges it became obvious that they applied pretty much any charge available that could halfway fit into a conviction.
They did all they could to make an example out of these people, and as many have said this is something that we all really need to start paying attention to. This is a big step and a big deal.
I'm confused. Is a left wing magazine one that promotes the ideals of freedom like fighting against government overreach against your people? Is a left wing magazine one that advocates for defending your friends and family against masked thugs using any means necessary?
Because apparently I know a lot of Republicans on the Antifa payroll.
TIL as I've long suspected: The Declaration of Independence and Constitution are left-wing zines circulated by anti-authoritarian extremists. Fascinating.
Arm yourselves and organize now.
Mark Pittman, a US district judge nominated to the federal bench by Donald Trump in 2019, appeared to gesture at the irrelevance of antifa in the closing moments of the trial, asking prosecutors why he should mention it in his instructions to the jury, underlining the gap between the emphasis on antifa and the technicality of the criminal charges they faced. “Whether it’s antifa or the Methodist Women’s Auxiliary of Weatherford, why does it matter?” Pittman said.