Headline: "for Common Protest Activity" Body: "material support for terrorists, attempted murder, possession and conspiracy to use explosives" Um?
Did you read what they actually did or did you just read the charges?
Prairieland defendants sentenced today to prison terms ranging from 30-100 years
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Fireworks and flares are pretty common, yeah.
But then again, when you've been designated as "terrorists" due to protesting against ICE, fireworks turn into explosives, and suddenly there's no difference between bottle rockets and a IED.
No one is arguing that the guy that shot the guard shouldn't face harder punishments, even though he argued that he was shooting in self-defense of the other members. Charging and sentencing those other protesters for plotting to kill someone is ridiculous.
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#43Note that Song was a firearms instructor and a United States Marine Corps Veteran .. I gather the State really wanted to send a message with the 100 year sentence handed down to him. But on another note, he did brandish a rifle and shoot a police officer, anyone could expect the worst for that. I guess they can appeal ?
He wanted to claim an affirmative defense that he shot in order to defend others, since the cop who was shot had drawn and was aiming a firearm. The judge prohibited the defendant from bringing that defense claim (not that it likely would have worked).
Frankly I don't see how a cop presenting unwarranted deadly force is different from a random person doing the same. Especially now that we've had a decade of body worn camera footage to prove just how lawless American police are.
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You agree with essentially a life sentence for moving pamphlets around? What a vomit-inducing thing to believe.
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A jury of the dumbest motherfuckers found that, after the judge declared a mistrial and threw out the initial jury because he perceived them as too sympathetic to the defense. Rigged trial run by Nazis juried by Nazis.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
What was Trump's punishment?
He was charged with 37 felony counts, the most serious of which carried a maximum sentence of 20 years. Had he been convicted he would have surely gone to prison for far longer than Estrada. [1] Both the crimes Trump was charged with and Estrada was convicted of are very serious. But to some people, the severity of the penalties are only an issue when the politics of the person charged with them aligns with their own…
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Moved a box of zines to their car
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You're actually not even correct. The guy wasn't at the protest, and had no reason to think cops would be searching his house, and didn't know the person who shot the cop
Fucking hell.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/...
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
What was Trump's punishment?
He was charged with 37 felony counts, the most serious of which carried a maximum sentence of 20 years. Had he been convicted he would have surely gone to prison for far longer than Estrada. [1] Both the crimes Trump was charged with and Estrada was convicted of are very serious. But to some people, the severity of the penalties are only an issue when the politics of the person charged with them aligns with their own…
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#49Order, now my court is in session, will you please stand? First, allow me to introduce myself, my name is Judge Hundred Years. Some people call me Judge Dread.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
What was Trump's punishment?
He was charged with 37 felony counts, the most serious of which carried a maximum sentence of 20 years. Had he been convicted he would have surely gone to prison for far longer than Estrada. [1] Both the crimes Trump was charged with and Estrada was convicted of are very serious. But to some people, the severity of the penalties are only an issue when the politics of the person charged with them aligns with their own…
Why wasn't Trump convicted?