Let that be a lesson. If you're going to get arrested for protesting against ICE, you may as well start killing them. It's the same punishment anyway.

And with that, it's complete. The United States is not dying - it's dead. The government is under the control of open fascists, the rule of law is a thing of the past, democracy is dead and the Constitution has been wadded up and thrown away.

They'll be bulldozing corpses into mass graves before long.

Something's missing. Setting aside the 1 person who was violent. A jury of their peers convicted of others for what amounts to minor vandalism, and the sentence was decades in prison? Has the system completely failed citizens standing up for what's right?

One got 100 years?

WTAF? So, these guys get harsh sentences, but the terrorists that assaulted the Capitol are treated as "patriots" by the asshats sitting in the WH right now?

This country is so fucked.

Now we know the kinds of sentences to hand down when we re-try the Jan 6 Insurrectionists.

Hopefully they will be pardoned once we purge

Reading the article, the guy who shot an officer with an AK probably should get time while the people who were just setting off fireworks and slashing tires, probably a misdemeanor, all things equal. (It being a government vehicle might count it as a felony, though IANAL).

The part that should disturb people isn't their arrest, but the upcharge to terrorism, which frankly has been a potential problem we've had since Bush era politics but only now getting utilized in this way. That changes due process, and if they continue to push for those types of charges, that's a problem and patriot act era laws absolutely need to get reversed if we're to ever really be safe.

That said, just to clarify those who only read the headline: this isn't the administration just targeting political opponents and calling them antifa to get them arrested. They got arrested for crimes like vandalism and assault and the antifa terrorism crap was tagged on. You're still mostly safe to participate in peaceful protests, so continue putting on pressure.

“antifa”, which is not an organization but rather a constellation of leftwing views.

Sorry, being anti fascist is not leftist. It's everything other than being on the far right

Fascism.

Elect a Democrat and pardon them all like Traitor Trump did for 1,500 insurrectionists.

Authoritarianism is an admission of abject weakness.

A healthy, broadly educated population, which feels safe and secure, is incompatible with, and toxic to, conservative and authoritarian ideologies.

They need you to be sick, stupid, and scared.

Woah.

The USA is a Nazi occupied state and all who support the current regime are complicit in its actions

Well, if exersing your First Amendment rights gets you fifty years, might as well exercise your Second Amendment rights...

I often wonder what happened to the 1200 people that they "lost track of" at Alligator Auschwitz.

edit: source: https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/25/alligator_alcatraz

Daily reminder that not everything you feel needs to be put into messages or posted on the internet. Practice good OPSEC if you're participating in any sort of lawful gathering. Your freedom of speech extends to what you choose not to say.

Make your shots count people. 50 years from now odds are I'm dead anyway.

Good news! The President only just recently set aside $1.8b worth of taxpayer dollars just for the defense of people who were unfairly prosecuted by the governm-- oh, shit... The fine print here says here that money's only available if you're THE perfectly Instagramable PR show-dog for the current administration and their anti-democratic, fascist shit-show.

Well, you know, when tyranny becomes law...

Huh, the article doesn't mention how many years the officer who almost shot the unarmed protestors got..

Good! The LAST thing we Want is to Set the Precedent that Using your First Amendment Right gives you LESS Jail Time then MURDER!

This is preposterous. The outcome is entirely disproportionate.