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Kire

(11,095 posts)
Fri Mar 17, 2023, 08:17 PM Mar 2023

As crucial legal test for Antifa ideology heads to trial in San Diego, right-wing media scrutinized

Experts say the San Diego case could inspire prosecutors around the country to take similar aim at anti-fascists, treating adherents as if they’re members of a gang or criminal enterprise rather than a political movement. While the argument may sound conceptual, the legal impact is significant: Gang-style conspiracy charges could also effectively double any prison sentences.

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A USA TODAY reporter asked Cranston about the name outside a court hearing for the case last year. Asked if Eva was her real name, Cranston stated “Yes, didn’t you see my press pass?”

“My name is Eva Knott,” she continued.

Knott’s press pass was revoked by the San Diego Police Department in October. (While a press pass is not required in California to attend court hearings, it can be helpful to access areas from which the public have been prohibited.)


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As crucial legal test for Antifa ideology heads to trial in San Diego, right-wing media scrutinized (Original Post) Kire Mar 2023 OP
WTAF?? hermetic Mar 2023 #1
If you are smashing property and burning things, you are a criminal The Mouth Mar 2023 #2
As you should be, Mopar151 Mar 2023 #3
Furcron wasn't smashing property. Kire Mar 2023 #4

hermetic

(8,622 posts)
1. WTAF??
Sat Mar 18, 2023, 08:54 AM
Mar 2023

HFS! EVERYBODY needs to read this. The article goes on to say:

In 2022, groups of anti-fascists clashed with white supremacists and supporters of former President Donald Trump throughout a day of protests and counterprotests, but only the self-professed anti-fascists were ever charged with crimes, despite video evidence showing white supremacists attacking people.

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The case is extraordinary not just because prosecutors chose only to charge one side involved in the day’s violence but also because it seeks to define Antifa as a criminal enterprise that “uses force, fear, and violence to further their interests and suppress the interests of others,” according to the district attorney’s office.

In recent years, Antifa has been portrayed by far-right-wing media, commentators and conspiracy theorists as a shadowy bogeyman intent on destroying America. Experts told USA TODAY that, if successful, the San Diego case could create a powerful precedent for prosecutors across the country – especially prosecutors looking to make a name for themselves with conservatives aligned with Trump.

The Mouth

(3,285 posts)
2. If you are smashing property and burning things, you are a criminal
Sun Mar 19, 2023, 11:27 AM
Mar 2023

Regardless of political ideology, motivation, or reason, rioters need to go away. Somewhere harsh. For a LONG long time.

Mopar151

(10,178 posts)
3. As you should be,
Thu Mar 23, 2023, 09:48 PM
Mar 2023

For beating people bloody in the street and assaulting them with "nonlethal" weapons, crippling and killing scores, murdering children and the mentally ill? Oh wait! That's the cops job!

Kire

(11,095 posts)
4. Furcron wasn't smashing property.
Sat Mar 25, 2023, 12:49 AM
Mar 2023

Even if she was, there should be a trial before the state cuts her eye out.

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