When being against fascism gets you charged as a terrorist, you live in a fascist regime.

Thats actually insane. This is a HUGE HUGE HUGE deal

They pointed to the fact that the demonstrators took steps to prevent their cell phones from being tracked.

Prosecutors also pointed to the way that the protesters used Signal, a widely-used messaging application, as evidence of their coordination and conspiracy. The protesters used pseudonyms on the app and had messages autodelete, an increasingly common practice among protesters and journalists who are concerned about government surveillance. They also emphasized the defendants were wearing all black during the protest, sometimes describing it as “tactical” gear.

That just describes my normal non-protest day. The fuck is this?

Sanchez-Estrada was the only defendant not at the protest, and was only charged with corruptly concealing a document or record, after prosecutors say he moved leftwing zines following the arrest of his wife, Maricela Rueda, on the Fourth of July. Song also escaped after the incident and there was an 11-day manhunt for him.

WTF THEYRE COMING FOR OUR ZINES!!!???

I belive the term here is "kangaroo court"

If they are going to process you as terrorist anyway, then you might as well make moves that are worthy of the label. After all the only real difference between a freedom fighter and terrorist is the narrative.

Fascists say what?

Any candidate for the 2028 Democratic presidential primary better be getting asked about pardoning all these people

Guilty till they can prove themselves innocent...FROM JAIL

What has this country come to???

A police officer arrived on the scene shortly after and drew his weapon at one of the people allegedly doing vandalism. One of the protesters was standing in the woods with an AR-15 and hit him in the shoulder. The officer would survive.

Even this conviction is bullshit. The cop drew first. Song shot in defense of others.

another rule of fascism, always accuse your opposition as terrorist, so that your Peblian support remains strong.

All the charges against all of these folks seem to stem from this one act by one person:

One of the protesters was standing in the woods with an AR-15 and hit [a police officer] in the shoulder. The officer would survive.

Well we'll see how soon appeals can start. This is going to be a big case either way.

How is any jury finding them guilty, deck has to be stacked because the ratio of ice supporters to nonsupporters even in Texas isn't enough to get an average jury to vote guilty. This is coming from a guy in Oklahoma. All they need is 1 juror to hold the line.

This is a big big fucking deal and big hit to freedom here.

I can hardly believe this outcome.

Fuck the United States, piece of shit country masquerading as a free and advanced nation.

Shit. Hole. If I was there and I had any, any chance to leave I would be gone. Long, long, long gone.

T-minus 8 months until people actually start to become concerned there I guess.

Mark Pittman, a US district judge nominated to the federal bench by Donald Trump in 2019, appeared to gesture at the irrelevance of antifa in the closing moments of the trial, asking prosecutors why he should mention it in his instructions to the jury, underlining the gap between the emphasis on antifa and the technicality of the criminal charges they faced. “Whether it’s antifa or the Methodist Women’s Auxiliary of Weatherford, why does it matter?” Pittman said.

There shouldn't be a law against terrorism. Real terrorism already involves serious crimes (murder etc.). There should not be a law defining "being a terrorist" as illegal.

"found guilty of support for terrorism" is bullshit.

The prosecutor said, "They're here because they ambushed a cop." WTF?!?! Well then, on Jan 6th a mob of fucking MAGA terrorists ambushed a lot of police officers.

Meanwhile pro-ICE protester/influencer Jake Lang got caught trying to pick up what he thought was a 15 year old girl.

State sponsored domestic terrorism

The first Texan to roll Paxton into the Gulf of Mexico wins.

Whatever side you're on, this is worrisome. Today it's Antifa, tomorrow it's the Tea Party etc.

Weapons can be repurposed as new parties take power endlessly until finally some sane group of souls has the decency to legislate away malicious prosecutions based on politics.

Song faces a minimum of 20 years and a maximum of life in prison, according to the US attorney for the northern district of Texas. Arnold, Evetts, Morris, Rueda, Batten, Elizabeth Soto and Ines Soto each face between 10 and 60 years in prison. Sanchez Estrada faces up to 40 years.

Just out of curiosity, has the DOJ ever gotten around to charging anybody in the Epstein files other than Maxwell? Bc there's like millions of files.

Like even just one single pedophile? Just to make the streets a little safer? Surely if they can make all this complete bullshit stick they can make something from those files stick, right?

I'm sure they're more than motivated and will be getting around to it soon. It's only been 14 months and they probably just got a little distracted.

They had to take care of the much more dangerous members of a made up organization. Now that that's all cleared up and out of the way, I'm sure the hammer of justice will be swift for all those names that show up over and over again in those files....

Voting Republican supports terrorism and that’s okay so can we drop the dramatics and call the charges out for what they really are? They inconvenienced rich people.