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Re: Texas man sentenced to 30 years for transporting pamphlets

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Post by fc417fc802 »

tbrownaw wrote: post #39
fc417fc802 wrote: post #15

The 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 intimidat…

Here's an older article, talking about how the reason the authorities found this person was because one of the other defendants called him from jail to ask him to remove things: https://www.foxnews.com/us/man-busted-anti-government-anti-t... I would expect that at that point it ought to stop mattering whether the evidence being hidden actually would have been useful evidence.

Thanks to you pointing that out this case has now managed to set a personal record for simultaneous level of disgust I hold for all parties involved.

Re: Texas man sentenced to 30 years for transporting pamphlets

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Post by pjc50 »

staticman2 wrote: post #32
pjc50 wrote: post #5

Anyone 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…

> nor did he know about it I'm not loving this turn of phrase. Seems very Weasel-worded. Did not know about it according to who? I think we need a better news source.

It's a press release, i.e. put out on his behalf by his defenders.

Re: Texas man sentenced to 30 years for transporting pamphlets

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Post by deepsummer »

4MOAisgoodenuf wrote: post #42
tbrownaw wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would think that a coverup should always be treated as slightly worse than the thing being covered up. Because of general "don't design systems with perverse incentives" principles.

What is the thing being covered up that is worth 30 years in prison?

"Prosecutors said that the group launched a premeditated terror attack on the detention facility inspired by antifa ideology, by setting off fireworks, vandalizing property, and shooting at police officers who responded. One officer was struck in the neck with a bullet and survived."

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/ice-detention-attack-defe...

Re: Texas man sentenced to 30 years for transporting pamphlets

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Post by deepsummer »

pjc50 wrote: post #5

Anyone 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…

The prosecutor's description of the "ICE protest" is "setting off fireworks, vandalizing property, and shooting at police officers who responded. One officer was struck in the neck with a bullet and survived.".

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/ice-detention-attack-defe...

Re: Texas man sentenced to 30 years for transporting pamphlets

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Post by rsync »

tartoran wrote: post #6
functionmouse wrote: post #2

May I see the zine?

What difference does it make? The point being that nobody should be sentenced for transporting pamphlets, regardless of what's in them. And the 30 year sentence? This is absurd.

I want to see the zine(s) so I can duplicate them and publish them at Kozubik.com.

Re: Texas man sentenced to 30 years for transporting pamphlets

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Post by jauntywundrkind »

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #48

Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48653311

The top comment there is so illuminating. The National Lawyers Guild declaring that these defendants werent even allowed to mount a real defense!

This sounds like an incredible shame upon America, mostly. I hope many of these sentences are pardoned by a future president.

Re: Texas man sentenced to 30 years for transporting pamphlets

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Post by josefritzishere »

NoSalt wrote: post #8

Misleading 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…

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