Activists accused of being part of antifa face harsh sentences in case seen as test of Trump’s crackdown on dissent

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    Got it, no reason to not be violent now.

    Since your life is forfeit either way.

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      One of the guys shot one of the ICE agents and they gave him 100 years.

      Ultimately I agree with you, but still.

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        The rest who didn’t shoot an ICE agent got 50 years minimum by that headline. Perverse incentives are now in force: it’s better to shoot them all in the hopes of there being no witnesses left behind than it is to be peaceful. Not a whole lot of difference between being stuck in the slammer for half a century vs. a whole century.

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            ACW v2.0 has been brewing since at least the '90s. Probably much earlier, but the '90s was when I went Down South for a job interview and got the USA’s vibes and newped the fuck out.

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        Don’t get caught, don’t act recklessly if your going to try pulling stuff like that.

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      I hope we do not get pulled into any war, let it be the second US civil war or Trump’s extra middle east war. If either of those wars get worse I see a whole lot of trouble.

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    “Most often, judges will sentence defendants for separate counts concurrently. Here, it appears that the judge stacked the sentences for each count consecutively. I would have expected lengthy sentences here, more in the ballpark at 15 to 25 years, but nothing like 50 to 100 years,” she wrote in an email.

    15 to 25 years for this is absurd as well, while I do not agree with shooting anyone history has shown that “law” enforcement down there can be rather trigger happy and these people where in danger.

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    A few of the protesters spontaneously broke off from the main group and vandalized cars in the parking lot, a guard shack, slashed the tires on a government van and broke a security camera. When a police officer arrived on the scene and drew his weapon, one of the activists fired an AR-15 from the woods, hitting the officer in the shoulder.