Terrorist or Political Prisoner?

An edict came on down from high… make them examples!

A federal narrative took hold, and as a result, a trans woman got 50 years in a men’s prison.

So what happened… there was an ICE protest outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Dallas. One protester pulled out a gun and shot a police officer. The other protesters did not know him and had no knowledge of what he was going to do… but they are sitting in prison for decades, and the trans woman, Autumn Hill, got 50 years! The person who fired the shot got 100 years.

As reported by outlets like the Texas Standard, Autumn Hill was sentenced to 50 years in prison after being convicted on charges including rioting, conspiracy, and providing material support—with prosecutors classifying fireworks used at the demonstration as explosives under terrorism enhancements, even though many types of fireworks are legal in Texas.

Word went out that there was going to be a demonstration at ICE, and people showed up that day for a peaceful protest. Yes, there were fireworks, but they were legal fireworks, a staple part of many protests in Texas.

Little did these strangers know that for the rest of their lives they would be tied together from this peaceful protest. Then a stranger shot a police officer and Trump got his wish, he got his terrorist!

The British Guardian reported about that night…

The sentences handed down on Tuesday were unusually long, said Barbara McQuade, a former federal prosecutor who served as the US attorney for the eastern district of Michigan during the Obama administration.

“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.

The Trump administration praised the sentences.

“The sentences handed down today make clear that Antifa terrorists who attack law enforcement and federal facilities will face swift and uncompromising justice,” Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said in a statement. “Their violent extremism has no place in our country, and the Department of Justice will continue to aggressively investigate, disrupt, and prosecute those who threaten law enforcement officers or undermine the rule of law.”

In the past, the government had arrested only the violent protesters, but this time they arrested everyone there that fateful night! And it gets worse… the Guardian goes on to report,

The sentences were “absurd”, said Amber Lowrey, Batten’s sister.

“This case has relied on lies and misinformation from the start,” she said. “It is heartbreaking nonetheless. But we will keep fighting to overturn these unjust convictions and to free Savanna and all the Prairieland defendants. We will not rest until they are free!”

The punishment for the protesters exceeds the lengthiest prison sentences given out for the attack on the Capitol on January 6. Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys who was convicted of seditious conspiracy, was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the far-right group the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

The sentencing didn’t exceed federal guidelines; it shattered them! For her charges normally it would be a few years to ten years. In the past, she probably wouldn’t even have been arrested.

Then we move on to the courts and the forum where the deck was stacked from the start! CBS News reported that…

Nine men and women are on trial, facing a variety of federal charges, accused of being part of a "North Texas Antifa cell."

Now remember… Antifa is a made-up word… there are no organizations that bear that name, it is a figment of the far-right. DOJ described the Prairieland prosecution as involving an "Amtifa Cell."

The Texas Standard goes on to report,

Federal officials have called this the first domestic terrorism case targeting antifa since President Trump declared the ideology a domestic terrorist threat last year. Experts told KERA News the outcome could determine the playbook for how the Trump administration targets alleged left-wing violence, even though the charge of providing material support to terrorism was not necessarily related to antifa or any set of beliefs.

Similar cases are being tried across the country. Most recently, Minnesota prosecutors alleged 15 people charged in a conspiracy to injure federal officers earlier this month are tied to antifa groups.

“The Trump Administration has made it clear: Antifa terrorists and their networks will be investigated, disrupted, prosecuted, and neutralized with the full force of federal law,” the White House wrote in a press release earlier this month about what it said were arrests of antifa “militants” and “thugs.”

And Trump got his wish! This was nothing more than a political trial!