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Prairieland Anti-ICE Protesters Convicted of Terrorism for Wearing All Black (theintercept.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [M, B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[–] 12 points 5 months ago

Man this country needs to get serous about juries because it seems that there's no point to them.

Also what the fuck is "concealing a document" and how the fuck is it a crime.

Additionally, how is it not double-jeopardy to convict someone of

  1. Firing a firearm
  2. Firing a firearm while firing a firearm
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    [–] 0 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    A police officer responding to the scene was shot in the neck by one of the protesters, Benjamin Song, who had brought an AR-15 with a trigger modified for a higher rate of fire.

    Just sayin

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago*

    Yeah so that's one person... what about the others nearby being convicted because they wore black?

    Clearly because they all wore black, they all planned on shooting an officer. /s

    With this logic the police could just have someone go into a group of peaceful protestors with matching clothing, and then shoot at an officer to justify the entire protest being classified as terrorism.

    There's a reason that's not the way this is designed to fucking work. And it's the exact reason non-dumbasses have been saying the terrorism laws have been overly broad since the beginning. They're a blank check for authoritarianism and fascism.

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