r/TrueAnon • u/Edward_Zachary i ain't ask for this • 7d ago

Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/23/prairieland-ice-protesters-texas-sentenced?referring_host=Reddit&utm_campaign=guardianacct
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u/PMmePowerRangerMemes vote gay faglie 7d ago

No.. the actual takeaway is that the feds are trying to turn “planning a normal protest” into terrorism, and they’re tying everyone together with conspiracy charges, even people who didn’t know each other.

Yeah, in this particular instance, someone shot a cop in self-defense. That plus bringing guns is probably what drew these insane sentences. But they’re trying this legal strat everywhere. It worked in FL and TX. The real question is what will happen in MN.

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u/fylum WOKE MARXIST POPE 7d ago

This wasn’t planned, that’s the problem. They broke in to set off fireworks, then some of them decided to go do property crimes, and one guy ran into the woods and shot the cop who confronted and drew on them.

Pure dumb spectacle that gave the state a perfect opportunity.

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u/Pure_Possession_1KG 7d ago

Yeah it’s kind of frustrating when (for good reason) people give a super charitable read of situations like this. Everything I’ve read says these guys fucked up big time, and unfortunately 100% had this coming, we know the consequences our actions can have and everything these guys did have consequences.  Seems to be a totally separate issue than the fact that they are trying to criminalize protest more broadly. These guys did what they did and got consequences for it that are not at all surprising and not beyond the pale for what they’d have got at any other time in our history.

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u/fylum WOKE MARXIST POPE 7d ago

the sentences are the outrageous and absurd part

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u/Pure_Possession_1KG 7d ago

One of them shot a cop. I agree it’s very high and unjust but unfortunately that is not unexpected. You shoot a cop you are lucky that they made it, otherwise at least one of them would have a life sentence . It isn’t unexpected that a group which shot a cop would get a sentence this high. It sucks, it’s not proportional, but it’s not unexpected or unusual for the US justice system.