8 accused of antifa ties convicted on terrorism charges over shooting at Texas immigration facility

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Source: AP

DALLAS (AP) — A federal jury on Friday convicted eight people on terrorism charges over a shooting at a Texas immigration facility that federal prosecutors tied to antifa, the decentralized far-left movement that has become a target of the Trump administration.

One person was also found guilty of attempted murder after prosecutors say he opened fire last summer outside the Prairieland Detention Center outside of Fort Worth, wounding a police officer. The Justice Department called the violence an attack plotted by antifa operatives but attorneys for the accused denied that characterization, saying there were no antifa associations and that it was merely a demonstration with fireworks before gunshots broke out.

U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of President Donald Trump, presided over the nearly three-week trial in Fort Worth. It was closely followed by legal experts and critics who called the proceedings a test of the lengths the government can go to punish protesters.

FBI Director Kash Patel had said the case was the first-time charges of providing material support to terrorists had targeted people accused of being antifa members.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/8-accused-antifa-ties-convicted-212916518.html

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I thought Texas was an open carry state. If these were Jan. 6 MAGAs they would have been called patriots.

On edit: Here's a Washington Post article with better coverage.

The shooter should have been convicted. The other protesters should not have been.

https://wapo.st/4dkJAP0