No. of Recommendations: 10
This is what fascism looks like...
"The defence, meanwhile, denied any antifa ties. Family members expressed shock and anger over the stiff sentences."
"I am livid," said Lydia Koza, whose wife, was sentenced to 50 years in prison. "The government wants to take her entire life away because she attended a protest. Nobody died."
"Antifa is not a single organisation, but rather an umbrella term for activist groups that confront or resist neo-Nazis and white supremacists." (Which is why Dope hates 'em so much!)
"This is a bunch of kids and young adults who really have a really big heart and really wanted their voice to be heard. It was never intended that anybody get hurt.
It was never intended that any shots would be fired."
"One defendant, Daniel Estrada was sentenced to 30 years despite not even being present during the protest."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/23/protester...https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/8-convicted-of...
No. of Recommendations: 7
While fascists, fraudsters, and pedophiles fly private.
No. of Recommendations: 5
The message is clear: Don't make the fascists feel bad. Making fascists feel bad can get you decades in prison.
Insanity.
No. of Recommendations: 12
"One defendant, Daniel Estrada was sentenced to 30 years despite not even being present during the protest."
The Beeb was reporting on this case last night. The Appeal will probably go to the Fifth Circuit, which is also right wing. The Beeb also reported the Fifth Circuit is overturned more than any other appeals court in the country.
From the net sifter:
The U.S. Supreme Court has frequently overturned the Fifth Circuit in recent terms, reversing its decisions at a rate between 66% and 75%. Historically, however, the Fifth Circuit’s overall reversal rate sits much lower—around 10% or less—because the high court only hears a tiny fraction of its total cases.
Seems that, if the Fifth affirms the trial judge's sentence, it will be overturned by SCOTUS on "cruel and unusual" grounds, if what we see posted on this board, about people being given decades long sentences, for expressing their opinion, without violence, is true.
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 4
I am against the practice of pardoning. I don't think that power should exist. But I think this is a situation that albaby was referring to a while back regarding why the power exists.
I would think they could appeal. Especially the guy that wasn't even there. I don't know the case specifics, so I won't make a definitive statement. But, on the surface, this does seem to be outrageous.
And I'm ANTIFA. I am "anti-fascist", which is the definition of that term. But I have never been to a protest, never been to any sort of meeting, never contributed money to antifa.org (mostly because there is no such thing, because it's not an organization). As the quote says, it's just an umbrella term. The closest thing I can do is support the ACLU, which I do (they are mostly anti-fascist, too).
I noted in the other post that they talked about "cells", as if they were Al Qaeda, or the IRA, or the People's Front of Judea (splitters!). But there is no such thing in this case. There are no "cells", contrary to that official government statement.
Not a lawyer, but I would think it would be easy to fight any terror charges given there is no terror organization involved. Because there is no organization. Unlike, say, the fascist Proud Boys, who are an actual organization that holds meetings and coordinates their activities (like storming the Capitol).
Perhaps, after careful review, the next POTUS will pardon these folks (and fire the prosecutors if they engaged in any malfeasance).
