No. of Recommendations: 12
Last September, Donald Trump issued a presidential directive called NSPM-7 ordering the Justice Department to investigate left-wing activists and organizations as domestic terrorists.
Their latest NSPM-7 prosecution might just be their most Orwellian.
Last week, the Justice Department charged 15 anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis with “conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers” — despite the fact that the indictment lists no federal officer injuries.
So what exactly did these protesters do wrong, according to the government? They went to a Democratic Socialists of America meeting.
We’re not kidding. That’s literally in the indictment. Other so-called evidence of “conspiracy” cited by the government includes activists having a bullhorn, carrying a radio, tracking the license plate numbers of ICE vehicles, wearing a sweatshirt and hat with left-wing political messages, and using a devil emoji in a Signal chat.
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