Justin !Mar 13
Alissa Azar

Jurors have reached a verdict for 9 defendants regarding the Prairieland Detention Center noise demonstration in Texas.

This case marks the first time the government has filed terrorism charges against “Antifa." Legal experts have been raising alarms over prosecutors’ theory — arguing defendants, including some who were not even at the demonstration, are part of an organized criminal “Antifa cell” and broader conspiracy.

The first charges in the Prairieland case were filed weeks after the Trump administration designated antifa as a domestic terror group last September.

The nine defendants faced a total of 65 outrageous charges that include attempted murder, aiding terrorists and weapons charges.

The verdict:

Count 1 - Riot
Autumn Hill - guilty
Zachary Evetts - guilty
Benjamin Song - guilty
Savanna Batten - guilty
Meagan Morris - guilty
Maricela Rueda - guilty
Elizabeth Soto - guilty
Ines Soto - guilty

Count 2 - Providing material support to terrorists
Autumn Hill - guilty
Zachary Evetts - guilty
Benjamin Song - guilty
Savanna Batten - guilty
Meagan Morris - guilty
Maricela Rueda - guilty
Elizabeth Soto - guilty 
Ines Soto - guilty

Court 3 - Explosive conspiracy (fireworks)
Autumn Hill - guilty
Zachary Evetts - guilty
Benjamin Song - guilty
Savanna Batten - guilty
Meagan Morris - guilty
Maricela Rueda - guilty
Elizabeth Soto - guilty
Ines Soto - guilty

Count 4 - Use and carry explosives (fireworks)
Autumn Hill - guilty
Zachary Evetts - guilty
Benjamin Song - guilty
Savanna Batten - guilty
Meagan Morris - guilty
Maricela Rueda - guilty
Elizabeth Soto - guilty
Ines Soto - guilty

Count 5 - Attempted murder of an officer
Benjamin Song - not guilty
Autumn Hill - not guilty
Zachary Evetts - not guilty
Meagan Morris - not guilty
Maricela Rueda - not guilty

Count 6 - Attempted murder of an officer
Benjamin Song - not guilty
Autumn Hill - not guilty
Zachary Evetts - not guilty
Meagan Morris - not guilty
Maricela Rueda - not guilty

Count 7 - Attempted murder of an officer
Benjamin Song - guilty
Autumn Hill - not guilty
Zachary Evetts - not guilty
Meagan Morris - not guilty
Maricela Rueda - not guilty

Count 8 - Discharging a firearm during a violent crime (three counts)
Benjamin Song - guilty
Autumn Hill - not guilty
Zachary Evetts - not guilty
Meagan Morris - not guilty
Maricela Rueda - not guilty

Count 9 - Discharging a firearm
Benjamin Song - guilty
Autumn Hill - not guilty
Zachary Evetts - not guilty
Meagan Morris - not guilty
Maricela Rueda - not guilty

Count 10 - Discharging a firearm
Benjamin Song - guilty
Autumn Hill - not guilty
Zachary Evetts - not guilty
Meagan Morris - not guilty
Maricela Rueda - not guilty

Count 11 - Corruptly concealing a document
Daniel Rolando Sanchez‑Estrada - guilty

Count 12 - Conspiracy to conceal documents
Daniel Rolando Sanchez‑Estrada - guilty
Maricela Rueda - guilty

We Will Free Us has two articles up about the trial and will be publishing an update soon, including information on how to support the defendants and their families during these grossly unjust times.

https://www.wewillfreeus.org/prairieland-19-case-update/

Prairieland 19 Case Update

The Prairieland 19 trial collapsed on day one in federal court, spotlighting how politically charged protest cases are handled. The case previews aggressive prosecution tactics, the implications it has beyond the courtroom, and what to watch as it moves forward.

We Will Free Us
Mar 13 at 8:36pmWeb
Show threadAnne OminousMar 13

@alissaazar

jfc. awful.

Show threadQuasitMar 13
@alissaazar
So...protest is illegal now? Can we say that the First Amendment is officially dead?
Show threadSocialAmmMar 13
@Quasit @alissaazar fuckin show trial. Cop drew first with no identified threat. Jfc.
Show threadRo✨️Mar 13
@Quasit @alissaazar this fucking SUCKS
Show threadSpiritMar 13
@alissaazar they got the zine guy... Daniel Rolando Sanchez‑Estrada.
Show threadAlissa AzarMar 13
@Spirit just horrific all around. A lot of these precedents have been set and been in the works for some time, even before Trump as much as many people won’t want to admit it. But there are definitely new terrifying precedents set and… I just am heartbroken and so angry. I can’t imagine how they’re all feeling right now. Nothing just about this country
Show threadSassinake!Mar 13

@alissaazar

The govt is terrified of anti-fascists

Show threadJuan Per¢ent,🇲🇽 🍉,🇻🇪Mar 13
@Sassinake @alissaazar 🇫🇷
Show threadNetuxMar 13

@alissaazar sounds like it's very much time to shit or get off the pot. We can be shot with no consequences, if we shoot back to protect we are terrorist.

This now makes it so there is zero incentive to not shoot first. Good job there gestupido.

Show threadRui Carneiro 🇵🇸🇱🇧Mar 13
@alissaazar
"The greatest democracy on earth"🤡💩🤡
Show threadAlissa AzarMar 13

@RuiCarneiro America. Where you can be convicted of providing material support to terrorism even if you had no part in said action.

Where you can be convicted of providing material support to terrorism even if you never stepped foot in the city of said action in your life.

Where attending a noise demonstration against the American Gestapo is terrorism.

America. Where standing against fascism is terrorism.

Show threadRui Carneiro 🇵🇸🇱🇧Mar 13
@alissaazar the only countrie with a race police ... ICE... and where most of police departments are KKK supporters and enforcers.
Show threadmicchiato 🎋Mar 14

@alissaazar

Pretty much sums up the 2 US Red Scares of the 20th Century.

@RuiCarneiro

Show threadSteve HoldenMar 16
@alissaazar @dibi58 @RuiCarneiro “Land of the free and home of the brave”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Show threadHTPC NZMar 13
@alissaazar easy fix, fight fire with fire, if the democrats have spines, declare MAGA as a terror group and anyone even wearing a cap gets charged with supporting terrorism.
Show threadIan K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠMar 14
@alissaazar https://youtu.be/ZSCXwHEG0_w?si=QPB1Ec48hawXYUFO
The Exploited - Fuck the USA

YouTube
Show threadPete's Mom 🍉 🇺🇦 ☮️Mar 14
@alissaazar
Heartbreak & rage ❤️‍🔥
Show threadcbudMar 14

@alissaazar

People were shot. I may not agree with ICE but some of these protesters fired shots.

Show threadmagnus (he/him)Mar 14
@cbuddenhagen @alissaazar you seen to missing the plot? Yes, shooting a gun is illegal, but if I shoot a gun next to you, then you should not be sentenced for terrorism
Show threadcbudMar 14

@magnus @alissaazar

OK. Fair.

Show threadOrange Lizard GirlthingMar 14
@cbuddenhagen @alissaazar There is a certain point where protest isn't enough, especially now when we see what's basically a show trial instead of a proper trial.
Show threadGryficowaMar 14
@cbuddenhagen @alissaazar "I don't agree with the Nazis, but I would shoot at these Poles/Jews"
Show threadcbud4d ago

@Gryficowa @alissaazar

What?! Do you think I'm supporting the current regime? I think that they are corrupt as hell. ICE needs to be cut back or cut out. I was trying to parse the linked article. They are inventing new rules and charges to suppress freedom of speech, which seems like a problem. My general stance is that using or anticipating the use of guns for killing humans is bad.

Show threadGryficowa4d ago

@cbuddenhagen @alissaazar You literally want to shoot protesters, which means you would support Nazis for the same reason

Well, I'm sorry, but you can't fight the Nazis peacefully

Show threadGryficowa4d ago
@cbuddenhagen @alissaazar I'm literally from Poland, I know which side you would take if you knew what Poles did to the Nazis...
Show threadMarianne4d ago
@cbuddenhagen @alissaazar and some Jan 6ers got people killed, and threatened to assassinate sitting politicians.
They got pardoned.
Some of them got cushy jobs and payouts.
Show threadcbud4d ago

@noodlemaz @alissaazar

It is all so absurd. So many Americans think very highly of their democracy, even now.