I wouldn’t expect this to catch on anywhere else soon. A California judge called the federal government for ‘selective prosecution.’ “Charging right-wing rioters but not the far-left agitators they fought against, and who did the exact same thing.”
“No individuals associated with the left, who engaged in anti-far-right speech and violently suppressed the protected speech of Trump supporters, were charged with a federal crime for their part in starting riots at political events. That is textbook viewpoint discrimination,” he wrote. “Most telling in this case is the government’s silence as to why it never pursued a case against a single member of Antifa or related far-left groups with respect to their violent conduct at pro-Trump events.”
“Defendants have established selective prosecution. There is no doubt that the government did not prosecute similarly situated individuals. Antifa and related far-left groups attended the same Trump rallies as Defendants with the expressly stated intent of shutting down, through violence if necessary, protected political speech. At the same Trump rallies that form the basis for Defendants’ prosecution, members of Antifa and related far-left groups engaged in organized violence to stifle protected speech,” he continued.
The judge threw out charges in what might be a first. Right-wing violence, if that’s what it was, has been given the same deference as left-wing violence.
We’re not condoning any violence by anyone. The Second Amendment protects the right to self-defense. If attacked, you know what to do with the understanding that the feds and many a prosecutor will still arrest and charge you for that. So, don’t think that since one judge let two guys off for doing what Antifa does justifies that behavior or that anyone is going to start regularly charging Antifa thugs as the criminals they are.
And a quick note to Antifa and any other direct-action progressives. Remember what Mao did to the Red Guard.
You’ve been warned (again).
