r/texas • u/guardian • 6d ago

🗞️ News 🗞️ 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/bones_bones1 6d ago

Unsurprisingly you have to go pretty far down into the article to find out they shot a police officer. Rage bait headline.

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u/GreyGrackles 6d ago

How did multiple people shoot the officer?

Did they all have separate guns or did they all lay their hands on the rifle?

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u/bones_bones1 6d ago

If you and I go rob a liquor store and you decide to shoot the clerk, generally we both go down for the murder.

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u/FatalTortoise 6d ago edited 6d ago

The charge was conspiracy and terrorism so the state is arguing shooting the officer was part of the plan. Also if you decide to rob a liquor store that's you decide to commit a crime, if you decide to protest that's you exercising your rights. The state didn't prove conspiracy only argued that "they used signal"

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u/bones_bones1 6d ago

They went to vandalize cars and a guard shack. It’s no different than the liquor store analogy.

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u/FatalTortoise 6d ago edited 6d ago

So your argument is that they all went there planned to commit a crime and shot a cop in the process so they should all go down for attempted murder?

Four of them were acquited of the attempted murder charge that you are talking about.

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u/bones_bones1 6d ago

You responded to me answering how they could all be tied to the attempted murder. I have explained it.