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They should release the body cam footage of the ICE officer. Something smells off.
This is insane
In a statement, Song said he had fired at the police officer, Lt Thomas Gross, because Gross had his weapon drawn and Song believed he was about to shoot a protester.
"I never want to see good people, standing for what they believe in, gunned down in the street," he said. "Now 21 people have been arrested, have been persecuted, have been punished. For knowing me or being my friend?
This is wrong. This is mass punishment.
Now we know the kinds of sentences to hand down when we re-try the Jan 6 Insurrectionists.
That's a lot of hope for the future of a failing nation.
While deserving, this would require violating our own laws.
We cannot cut down all the trees to find the devil Mr. roper.
“antifa”, which is not an organization but rather a constellation of leftwing views.
Sorry, being anti fascist is not leftist. It's everything other than being on the far right
Huh, the article doesn't mention how many years the officer who almost shot the unarmed protestors got..
Daily reminder that not everything you feel needs to be put into messages or posted on the internet. Practice good OPSEC if you're participating in any sort of lawful gathering. Your freedom of speech extends to what you choose not to say.
One got 100 years?
WTAF? So, these guys get harsh sentences, but the terrorists that assaulted the Capitol are treated as "patriots" by the asshats sitting in the WH right now?
This country is so fucked.
It’s always been like this. The fbi and cia hunted down the civil rights leaders and the vast majority of the kkk and southern lunch mob terrorists we’re able to hold positions of power with zero consequences. The only time the working class and oppressed minority groups were ever able to gain rights and privileges was through force and overwhelming multilateral solidarity.
Yes it’s a war. Maybe we should all recognize that.
That'll teach them! Democracy, pfft, evil! Protesters are terrorists, there is NO difference!
Authoritarianism is an admission of abject weakness.
A healthy, broadly educated population, which feels safe and secure, is incompatible with, and toxic to, conservative and authoritarian ideologies.
They need you to be sick, stupid, and scared.
Reading the article, the guy who shot an officer with an AK probably should get time while the people who were just setting off fireworks and slashing tires, probably a misdemeanor, all things equal. (It being a government vehicle might count it as a felony, though IANAL).
The part that should disturb people isn't their arrest, but the upcharge to terrorism, which frankly has been a potential problem we've had since Bush era politics but only now getting utilized in this way. That changes due process, and if they continue to push for those types of charges, that's a problem and patriot act era laws absolutely need to get reversed if we're to ever really be safe.
That said, just to clarify those who only read the headline: this isn't the administration just targeting political opponents and calling them antifa to get them arrested. They got arrested for crimes like vandalism and assault and the antifa terrorism crap was tagged on. You're still mostly safe to participate in peaceful protests, so continue putting on pressure.
Seems like the shot in the arm was to prevent the ice killing another person https://prairielanddefendants.com/defendant-writings/statement-by-benjamin-champagne-song/
When the dust settles, we'll see. It's unfortunately difficult to prove something like that, but if we ever overcome fascism (hopefully peacefully...) then the case can be revisited or they can be pardoned. At the very least, I can believe that was their intention, though.
I don't know if they mentioned it in this article but the guy shot an officer after they pointed their gun at a protester. After the other murders by ICE it could definitely be argued it was defensive, and that they had weapons, which is a constitutional right (especially in Texas), to defend against potential far-right attackers.
His sentencing should be in line with the same amount of time that the people who murdered Renee Good and Alex Peretti got.
Let that be a lesson. If you're going to get arrested for protesting against ICE, you may as well start killing them. It's the same punishment anyway.
This is preposterous. The outcome is entirely disproportionate.
Disproportionate? Those guys were heros.
Yeah, good thing that Jared released that bitch that tried to steal an election. Same thing for the orange asshole releasing all the terrorists that attacked the Capitol.