North Texas Antifa Cell Members Recieve Combined 450 Years as Sentence for "Protest" Involving Shooting of a Cop in the Neck

Andy Ngo delivers the good news.

The actual shooter got 100 years, a trantifa ringleader got 70 years, and various other antifa/trantifa conspirators got 50 years, with a couple getting 30.

The left is claiming this is an "attack on free speech" because their violence is, of course, "speech."

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: North Texas Antifa Terror Cell Members Sentenced to Combined 450 Years in Federal Prison

And their legal woes are not yet over.

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Eight members of a North Texas Antifa terror cell received historic federal sentences on Tuesday, with prison terms ranging from 30 years to life in prison for their roles in the shooting ambush on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility. The attack led to the first federal Antifa terrorism prosecution -- and later convictions -- in U.S. history.

U.S. District Judge Mark T. Pittman sentenced ringleader Benjamin Hanil Song to 100 years in prison. Song was convicted of the most serious offenses in the case, including attempted murder and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Prosecutors proved at trial that he shot Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross in the neck during the Fourth of July attack last year.

Bradford Morris, a trans militant and sex worker known as "Meagan Morris," who lived in a Dallas commune with other trans individuals he referred to as his "wives," was sentenced to 50 years. (The Kessler Heights neighborhood commune also functioned as one of the group's bases.)

Maricela Rueda was sentenced to 70 years in prison.

Elizabeth Soto was sentenced to 50 years in prison.

A Mexican national received 30 years. See the article for the whole list.

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The defendants were among nine Antifa members convicted by a federal jury in March following the first federal Antifa terrorism trial in U.S. history. Their prison sentences are the longest in American history for convicted violent Antifa members.

Jurors found the defendants guilty of offenses including providing material support to terrorists, rioting, conspiracy involving explosives and related crimes.

The trial featured extensive evidence regarding the group's ideology, planning and preparation for the attack.

Seven co-defendants pleaded guilty ahead of trial, and five agreed to cooperate with prosecutors and testify against their comrades. As part of their plea deals, they admitted in signed stipulated facts to the court that they organized behind an antifa ideology.

But antifa is just an idea

One of those co-defendants, Lynette Sharp, told jurors that members trained together with firearms and coordinated through encrypted Signal chats. Evidence introduced at trial showed that members operated under aliases and carefully planned the direct action.

Jurors viewed video evidence showing the cell arriving dressed in black bloc and equipped with firearms, body armor, medical supplies and explosive devices.

According to testimony, Song acquired 11 firearms and distributed them among members of the group before the operation.

The group used explosive fireworks to lure federal agents and facility personnel from the detention center before opening fire.

Lt. Gross survived the shooting. Jurors were shown his blood-stained ballistic vest during testimony.

Investigators recovered a cache of weapons, ammunition and electronic devices stored in Faraday bags designed to block signals. Authorities also later recovered Antifa anarchist propaganda. Testimony established that members of the group had trained together and collectively acquired more than 50 firearms before the attack.

More at the link.

Additional codefendants will be sentenced on July 1.

Violent antifa propaganda rag the New Republic calls this a "crackdown on free speech."

Oh, New Republic? Do we conservatives equally have the right to use guns against the left as part of our "free speech"?

Think carefully before answering.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:25 PM

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