For the second time in five years, federal charges against alleged members of a violent white supremacist group accused of inciting violence at California political rallies were dismissed by a federal judge who found they were selectively prosecuted.

Federal prosecutors said members of the Rise Above Movement conspired to riot by using the internet to coordinate traveling to political rallies and attacking demonstrators at gatherings in Huntington Beach, Berkeley and San Bernardino in 2018. The group also posted videos to celebrate violence and recruit members.

U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney first tossed the charges against Robert Rundo and Robert Boman in June 2019. The two were charged with conspiracy to violate the Anti-Riot Act and rioting.

On Wednesday, Carney again granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss, agreeing that Rundo and Boman were being selectively prosecuted while “far-left extremist groups” were not.

  • djsoren19@yiffit.net
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    9 months ago

    Find me the far-left extremist groups then, judge Carney. Show me where the left in the U.S. is encouraging stochastic terrorism. Show me the militant leftist groups using empty U.S. states as training grounds.

    Really hope federal prosecutors keep up the fight until a non-Nazi judge can make a decision on the case, and I hope this fuck can get voted out from his position over this.

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      9 months ago

      Far left groups are doing even worse things.

      They are trying to get homeless people fed, americans paid fair wages, and hold politicians accountable for their actions. GOD CAN NO ONE STOP THIS NIGHTMARE OF LIBERAL TERRORISM.