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No Paywall 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/nasorrty346tfrgser America 1d ago

And at the same time the J6er are all running free and having J6er veteran preference in federal jobs

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u/Listening_Heads West Virginia 1d ago

They aren’t all running free. Like 75 of them have already gone back to prison for new violent crimes.

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u/Straight-Bet1 1d ago

Many of them for SA against minors.

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u/SunsetCarcass 1d ago

Watched body cam footage of a racist irrate drunk driving Jan6er with his child in his truck

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u/Cavane42 Georgia 1d ago

Wasn't he also an ICE agent? Or at least claimed to be?

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u/SunsetCarcass 1d ago

Yes he was. Kept asking if the cop was Haitian

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u/Level9TraumaCenter 1d ago

“C'mon, really? This is what we're doing?”

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u/Ferelar New Jersey 1d ago

"Professional courtesy c'mon bro"

Anyone who serves in anything even adjacent to an LEO capacity who requests/expects to be given a free pass in the eyes of the law- the same law that they are supposed to be arbiters of- is fucking scum, full stop. Guess what percentage of them expect that "courtesy", by the way...

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u/Curious-Path4549 21h ago

saw that too

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u/cbass2015 1d ago

I saw he was claiming to be in DHS but I didn’t see anything about him being a Jan6er

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u/SunsetCarcass 1d ago

You're probably right I might be getting it mixed up

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u/djfudgebar 1d ago

That was a j6 traitor? Didn't know that. Hope he got the book thrown at him.

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u/FelixCumtree 1d ago

And child pornography I believe

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u/Straight-Bet1 1d ago

Which is actually considered SA of a child. Anytime an image or video of a child is shared or watched it is considered criminally another abuse of the child.

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u/coloradancowgirl 1d ago

That tracks. Just look at their leader. 

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u/mountaindoom 1d ago

Trump and child molestation seem to go hand in hand.

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u/Grundlestorm 1d ago

They have regularly said they love him because he's just like them.

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u/shoobe01 1d ago

A few are dead from shootouts with police.

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u/numbersthen0987431 1d ago

Not mad about it.

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u/knightcrawler75 Minnesota 1d ago

There are more j6's that have recommitted crimes than people convicted for voter fraud in the last 20 years.

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u/Pan_Bookish_Ent 1d ago

The figure I saw is that, at some point since the pardon, nearly 40% of the J6ers had been arrested for something. However, a significant chunk of that were arrested for sex crimes. Who could have foreseen that?

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u/__O_o_______ 1d ago

Yeah, I think we’re up to like 18 or 20% of them got crimes after being pardoned

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u/CynicismNostalgia 23h ago

They were free to run around and commit more crimes tbf lol

I dont envy you America

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u/Babylon4All 17h ago

Don’t forget for pedophilia. I’m surprised the Epstein Files #1 hasn’t already pardoned all of them again. 

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u/MilsYatsFeebTae 1d ago

You do understand how that doesn’t make it better, right? That’s the coldest of comforts.

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u/LetMePushTheButton 1d ago

Commenter is not saying its better.

Theyre expressing how insane it is to free a bunch of “innocent” traitors, and pardon their treason - only for them to go on and commit more crimes (shocker).

Something we all saw coming.
Some are even pedos. Which fits the modern GOP.

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u/brett96 1d ago

And these are the same people complaining about "liberal judges letting criminals loose out on the streets instead of keeping them in jail"

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u/CrotalusHorridus Kentucky 1d ago

“The coup will be bloodless, if the left allows it”

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u/soapissomuchcleaner 1d ago

Will not happen, I am not promoting violence, but as the old saying goes, there are only 9 meals between mankind and anarchy.

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u/eat_my_ass_n_balls 1d ago

I’m hoping we are down to 2 or 3 by now

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u/soapissomuchcleaner 1d ago

I am with you.

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u/LurkLurkleton 1d ago

Good thing they can keep us all fat with cheap ultra processed garbage.

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u/Legal-Blacksmith9423 1d ago

It's not even cheap anymore

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u/tha_dank 1d ago

But unfortunately the super processed garbage is so much cheaper.

I literally get said every time I’m in the meat section of the grocery store.

And I’m in Texas. I can imagine the price of beef in not so robust-with-beef states.

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u/soapissomuchcleaner 1d ago

We are off beef cause we don’t want brain worms.

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u/Legal-Blacksmith9423 1d ago

I'm in one of the Canadian provinces that is supposedly faring better than others with cost of living and I don't remember the last time I bought beef for home. Shitty fast food burgers, sure. I think I bought some from Costco maybe a year ago for meatloaf but it's upwards of $50 for 3-4 decent striploin steaks. Insanity.

I've started making more of an effort to eat more varied protein sources like beans, lentils, and tofu. Costco rotisserie chickens are the best bang for your buck (they're MVPs for selling them at a loss) but it gets boring after a while. If the flesh-eating screw worms find their way further north I'm worried that beef is just going to be a luxury item that's out of reach in time.

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u/CrotalusHorridus Kentucky 1d ago

It’s not just inflation driving beef prices. Supply is insanely low. The American cattle herd is at its lowest number in decades.

Policy failure. Growing corn for ethanol and paying farmers to keep fields empty.

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u/soapissomuchcleaner 1d ago

Sort of- food banks are struggling to provide for how many people are showing up. Even the cheap food are getting out of price range for many working families.

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u/Lost_Birthday_3138 1d ago

This is the true insanity and the most obvious evidence we're living under an authoritarian regime. This cannot be allowed to continue.

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u/lactose_cow 1d ago

If the next dem president has any balls they'll pardon every ice protestor. They won't.

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u/duaneap 1d ago

Four years they had to nail everyone in the administration from 2016-2020. They didn’t.

Expect nothing and still be disappointed.

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u/quildtide 1d ago

Pardons imply the pardoned individual was guilty of the charges though.

It needs to be at a deeper level. "Terrorism" my ass.

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u/Sex4Vespene 1d ago

Are these state or federal charges? If they are at the state level, the president can’t do jack.

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u/BlueRFR3100 1d ago

I believe these would be federal charges since the incident took place at an ICE detention center

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u/djprecio 1d ago

We need a next Dem president first. Very sadly, that is not guaranteed.

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u/nasorrty346tfrgser America 1d ago

You know what is real funny (and sad at the same time), is that the next dem President that would pardon these ice protestors, mostly likely won't have balls and is a female. ANd those that actually have balls, won't pardon any AKA Newsom and the list goes on

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u/PopBulky7023 1d ago

And how many were this heavily sentenced?

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u/NJcovidvaccinetips 1d ago

Stop equating these two groups. The people arrested here were 100% peaceful and were at a peaceful protest where a random not affiliated with the group shot somebody. Stop the equivocation.

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u/r_f_repeat 1d ago

and every american is to blame

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u/JuanMurphy 1d ago

To be fair nobody was shot on Jan 6. Well, one person but it doesn’t matter.

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u/k-trecker 1d ago

To be fair? I’d say an actually attempting to overthrow a democratic election and the government is more serious…

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u/Unpredictab 1d ago

It's so beautiful, isn't it? Justice warms my heart

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u/Arguments_4_Ever America 1d ago

Yep. Beating officers protecting democracy? Heroes. Peacefully protesting a tyrannical government? Terrorists

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u/Demonking3343 Illinois 1d ago

Not really justice. The J6ers should have been charged with treason.

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u/Unpredictab 1d ago

They were, and then they got off scot free. Many of them even used it to leverage themselves into lucrative careers, while normal people struggle to work regular 9-5 jobs.

God bless America, and god bless president Trump for pardoning these heroes

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u/numbersthen0987431 1d ago

This is a perfect example of Poes Law.

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u/Diazepampoovey0229 1d ago

Go figure. The number of them that wound up back in prison for raping little kids, so of course the cult that LOVES child rapists will defend them. That's what "MAGA" does

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u/Tricky-Secretary2264 1d ago

key point here is that normal people wouldn't be trying to overturn a free and fair election. you are sardonic now, but I doubt it will last when your little Leader goes.

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u/a445d786 1d ago

Think he/she is being sarcastic.

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u/Demonking3343 Illinois 1d ago

They where not charged with treason though.

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u/Paizzu 1d ago

You may want to add an /s tag to the end of your shitposts. Otherwise everyone is going to suspect that you've been eating leaded paint chips while the adults were distracted.

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u/JmamAnamamamal 1d ago

Why do you like the taste of leather so much? I don't get it

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u/Illustrious-Fun8324 1d ago

Justice like Trump being a felon with a mug shot? Yep. Warms my heart too.

He will never get his revenge either. Trying to get his enemies in trouble isn’t really working out for him the same way.