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  • USA is such a weird place these days. Is there a way back to sanity once this administration ends?
    by kubafu
  • Recommending this independent journalist's article that pays attention to other colorful characters in this story:

    https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/450-years-in-prison-for-sa...

    by rixed
  • 5 days ago, 90 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48649884
    by WalterGR
  • Even if he did exactly what they said he did, no way that's worth 30 years. But people really need to realize that the justice system has been and never will be "blind" or "fair" or whatever you may think it is. It is wielded by those in power largely as they see fit, so keep that in mind if you're thinking about messing with the feds.
    by green_wheel
  • Here's the case: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/antifa-cell-members-con...

    The 30 year sentence was for hiding documentation being sought under a federal warrant after being called by his wife and asking him to do so. The warrant was for documentation after the protesters shot fireworks to bring out first responders from the ICE facility, and allegedly one of the group shot a responder in the neck instead of the head.

    A lot of stuff to scrutinize and complain about in the sentence, but it wasn't just "transporting Zines"

    by Xorakios
  • It's pretty straightforward that if someone tells you to hide something because they've been arrested and they think it ties them to some criminal act, and then you hide it, you're an accessory to the crime. 30 years for that seems harsh though I anticipate they will be pardoned by the next Democratic Party President.

    Describing such an act without the obvious context is a pretty good way to point out that it's partisan text and likely misrepresents other things. Listen, we've all been on the Internet a few decades. This kind of understatement of things is not new to any of us. "Oh so just because your country thinks it's not a big deal for someone to go to America to fly a plane means it should get bombed?" No, champ, it's the flying of the plane into the WTC and subsequent sheltering of the guy who planned it that does that.

    by arjie
  • Up until now these crazy cases have been rejected by the courts. But this feels like a crack in the dam. A judge actually sentenced someone to 30 years for hiding zines, zines that had been published for years. This was under the pretense hiding those zines was hiding evidence of criminality. And the criminality was worth 75 years. For someone who was at a protest where a federal agent was shot, but was not the shooter.

    Does anyone have a link to details on the case because there must have been more details, like these two were accused of planning a murder in advance, because otherwise this seems insane. It seems insane no matter what, but if this was a judge making a bunch of logical leaps while guided by DOJ lawyers, something is really broken

    by xrd
  • https://archive.ph/tm1pg
    by andyjohnson0

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