Expert: 100-Year Sentence in Texas Case Signals Authoritarian Threat to Black Protest

Prairieland Nine: Texas ICE Protesters Get Up to 100 Years in Prison as Trump Targets Anti-Fascists

A group of anti-ICE protesters in Texas were sentenced to 30 to 100 years in jail on Tuesday, after federal prosecutors accused them of being an “antifa terror cell.” The activists attended a protest outside the Prairieland ICE jail in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4 of last year, during which fireworks were set off and a police officer was shot and wounded. All nine defendants were found guilty after being tried before a federal judge in Texas. Matt Sledge, political reporter for The Intercept, warns that “we just have to watch for this playbook to be applied elsewhere.” “Now anyone engaged in basic protests with the wrong political beliefs can be labeled a domestic terrorist, when they have no intention of violence, not engaged in any violence, not interested in any violence,” says Sufia Khalid, deputy director of the National Security Criminal Defense Center, who represents one of the Prairieland defendants.

‘Antifa Trial’ in Texas Heightens Fears of Free Speech Chill in US

In Texas, defendants were sentenced between 30 and 100 years because of their affiliation with a supposed 'Antifa cell' that doesn't exist. The post ‘Antifa Trial’ in Texas Heightens Fears of Free Speech Chill in US appeared first on Inkstick.

Wear black to a protest that turns violent? That's a 50-year prison sentence [Scary]

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Legal lynchings in the U.S. today

Family members of people on Texas death row with Deloyd Parker, director of the S.H.A.P.E. Center in Houston. Houston — Dramatic changes in the U.S.’s use of the death penalty are happening. Frequently! Just days before Juneteenth, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine publicly announced that his state should abolish the death . . . Continue reading Legal lynchings in the U.S. today at Workers.org

Inside the ‘Broadview Six’ scandal rocking Chicago’s federal courthouse – Chicago Sun-Times

Federal prosecutors in Chicago are better known for taking on violent street gangs, potential terrorists and corrupt politicians of all stripes. In 20 years, they put two governors in prison, as well as a former U.S. House speaker who served two heartbeats away from the presidency. But the “Broadview Six” scandal is now threatening to do long-term damage to what’s perhaps the most highly regarded law enforcement agency in the city. A federal judge summed it up this way: “Trust has been broken.”