Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison

[LeftInTX]

28. Federal.

FORT WORTH — Federal judges in Texas on Tuesday gave eight members of an alleged “antifa cell” prison sentences as long as 100 years for their roles last summer in a protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility that included vandalism and the shooting of a police officer.

The sentencings took place simultaneously in two courtrooms belonging to U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, a Trump appointee who oversaw the 12-day trial, and Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, who was appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush. (Butler said it was “unusual” for a judge who did not preside over the trial to sentence half the defendants.)

Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Smith argued at trial that the defendants, led by Song, plotted the attack as part of the protest outside the detention center, which also included anti-ICE vandalism

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