The Prairieland Defenders trial - who are accused of crimes related to a protest at a Texas concentration camp run by ICE ranging from moving anarchist and anti-fascist fanzines from one location to another up to attempted murder - is off to a crazy start, as reported by NPR's This American Life this week.

The Trump appointee judge objected to the shirt the defense attorney was wearing, which depicted the faces of several civil rights leaders. Then, when he couldn't find a single potential juror who would say that they had no concerns about ICE, he declared a mistrial!

It's unclear what will happen to the trial or defendants now. The story:
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/i-want-what-i-want/act-three-2

You can donate to the legal defense of the Prairieland defenders here:
https://www.givesendgo.com/supportDFWprotestors

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The Lawyer, The Judge and The Wardrobe - This American Life

Producer Zoe Chace brings us a dispatch from a courtroom in Texas this week, where on the very first day of a landmark federal trial about Antifa, the judge makes an unusual decision that no one sees coming. (15 minutes)

This American Life