It started on President Donald Trump’s very first day in office in 2017. Over 200 Inauguration Day protesters were mass arrested and charged with hefty riot and conspiracy felonies for simply being present and wearing black at a rowdy demonstration.
Since then, the government has sought and failed to convict left-wing activists on thin, unconstitutional claims of collective guilt.
Just as the J20 ...
The strongest version of this narrative is that the Texas convictions represent a dangerous escalation in the criminalization of dissent, where protest activity is being weaponized into terrorism charges through associative guilt. The article effectively documents a pattern of prosecutorial overreach, from the J20 cases to the Prairieland convictions, showing how the Trump administration has systematically targeted left-wing movements. The evidence presented—protest attire, zines, and memes—is f...