#Texas#Antifa Cell” Terror Trial Takes on Tough Questions About Guns at #Protests Against #ICE

After a cop got shot, #Prairieland #ICEProtesters face #terrorism charges. Will #AlexPretti’s killing sway the jury?

Matt Sledge, February 11 2026

"A group of activists gathered outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Dallas last July 4 with fireworks and plans to mount more than a polite protest.
They were there for less than an hour before things took a turn: A police officer was wounded by a gunshot.

"Only one member of the group is accused of pulling a trigger, but 19 people went to jail on state and federal charges. Attorney General #PamBondi labeled the defendants terrorists, and FBI Director #KashPatel bragged that it was the first time alleged antifa activists had been hit with terror charges.

"Months later, the Trump administration recycled the label to smear Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Minneapolis residents who were shot and killed by federal immigration agents. They were supposedly dangerous left-wing agitators, in Pretti’s case legally carrying what the government said was a 'dangerous gun.' The videos of Good and Pretti’s killings disproved the administration’s lies.

"Unlike the Minneapolis shootings, the full events at Prairieland were not caught on video. Instead, a jury in federal court will hear evidence against nine defendants at a trial starting next week, which will serve as the first major courtroom test of the Trump administration’s push to label #LeftWing activists as #DomesticTerrorists."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/11/prairieland-antifa-trial-pretty-ice-protest/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/YY9IT

#USPol #ICESucks #DefundICE #AbolishICE #DefundDHS #Authoritarianism #Hypocrites #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

Texas “Antifa Cell” Terror Trial Takes On Tough Questions About Guns at Protests Against ICE

Trump hit Prairieland ICE demonstrators with terrorism charges. Jurors will take on issues of guns at protests, criminalization of speech.

The Intercept

"More federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned or are preparing to do so, in part because the Trump administration has asked them to file criminal charges against anti-ICE protesters without appropriate evidence, according to multiple people with knowledge of the situation."

#ICEProtesters #Minnesota #ProsecutorialMisconduct
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/trump-us-attorneys-office-minnesota-prosecutors-resignations-ice-protesters-evidence-don-lemon/

Trump's minions are pressuring prosecutors to charge ICE protesters based on scant evidence

Don Lemon is just the tip of the iceberg.

Mother Jones