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The person being sentenced was not involved in any way based on this information.
Texas man sentenced to 30 years for transporting pamphlets
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#12Anyone got the actual indictment? From linked https://freedes.net/jun-23rd-2026-press-release/ : "Sanchez Estrada, a 39-year-old artist, was found guilty on March 13, 2026, alongside eight codefendants who participated in an anti-ICE protest at the controversial Alvarado ICE detention facility. Under the auspices of “National Security Presidential Memorandum-7,” which was issued after the killing of Christian nationa…
This seems to be the PR piece around the indictment: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/antifa-cell-members-ind...
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You commented on this thread! You must be involved! Prison for you.
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#14May I see the zine?
A zine about anarchy, apparently. But I can't find any details.
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#15The article attempts to frame this as a speech issue but isn't it actually some sort of obstruction or concealing violation? But what was even the point? The pamphlets were never going to be the smoking gun.
Also since when does obstruction net you 30 years? And apparently the judge openly made a statement indicating unconstitutional bias on his part in court. So I guess the entire thing is a farce meant to intimidate the average joe.
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#16Misleading title. The relevant sentence is this: > "The prosecution claimed Sanchez moved the zines so they wouldn’t incriminate his wife, who attended a protest outside the Prairieland immigration detention center near Dallas, where a police officer was wounded by gunfire." The "Texas man" in question was involved in evidence tampering in a case that involved the shooting of a police officer. The title here makes it…
It’s still a flimsy basis for the case. He didn’t attend the protest nor even knew about it. The motivation wasn’t proven, it’s all in the prosecution’s head for all we know.
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#17I'd like to say something. But now that they are rounding people up, and Hacker News can be scraped and User Id's crosschecked with AI surveillance to dox. I'm actually fearful, the war on free speech is working.
Strange that it has just occurred to you that HN is being mined.
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#19Misleading title. The relevant sentence is this: > "The prosecution claimed Sanchez moved the zines so they wouldn’t incriminate his wife, who attended a protest outside the Prairieland immigration detention center near Dallas, where a police officer was wounded by gunfire." The "Texas man" in question was involved in evidence tampering in a case that involved the shooting of a police officer. The title here makes it…
It’s still a flimsy basis for the case. He didn’t attend the protest nor even knew about it. The motivation wasn’t proven, it’s all in the prosecution’s head for all we know.
And even so, why on Earth would tampering with evidence warrant 30 years in prison? That is inhumane.
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#20I'd like to say something. But now that they are rounding people up, and Hacker News can be scraped and User Id's crosschecked with AI surveillance to dox. I'm actually fearful, the war on free speech is working.
Strange that it has just occurred to you that HN is being mined.
not 'just'.
but someone being jailed for having a 'zine', is really a new level. nobody is safe.