By oldedude March 7, 2023 7:58 am Category: Role Playing Games (0.0 from 0 votes)
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It's a sure bet that sheeple will rally around this global antifada group which has nothing to do with a local group. Most of those arrested were NOT from Georgia, and two of them were not from the US (canada and france).
Note to self. Choose your battles carefully. Don't go down south to do stoopid "stuff."
Flaming bottles and rocks were thrown at officers during a protest Sunday at "Cop City," where 26-year-old environmental activist Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, or "Tortuguita," was shot to death by officers during a raid at a protest camp in January. Police said Tortuguita attacked them, a version other activists have questioned.
Almost all those arrested are from various locations around the country, while one is from France and another is from Canada, police said. Among them is 25-year-old Maggie June Gates, of Bloomington, Indiana.
Like many protesters, Tortuguita was dedicated to preserving the environment, friends and family said, ideals that clashed with Atlanta's hopes of building a $90 million Atlanta Public Safety Training Center that would boost police preparedness morale in the wake of violent protests that roiled the country after George Floyd's death in 2020.
Now, authorities and young people are embroiled in a clash that appears to have little to do with other high-profile conflicts.
I thought this was a great counter to the J6 courts where people were held in solitary confinement for months while charges were "pending." Georgia has domestic terrorism charges separate from federal law, and that's what is being charged in this case with 35 years in a state that was last to get rid of chain gangs.
As part of a broader tough-on-crime push, state lawmakers have proposed making rioting a felony in Georgia instead of a misdemeanor, and are considering creating a separate crime for burning a police vehicle.
Many of those accused of violence in connection with the training site protests are being charged with domestic terrorism, a felony that carries a penalty of up to 35 years in prison. Those charges have prompted criticism from some that the state is being heavy-handed.
However, lawmakers are considering strengthening the penalty by classifying domestic terrorism as a serious violent felony. That means anyone convicted of the crime must serve the entire sentence ordered by a judge, can't be sentenced to probation as a first offender and can't be paroled unless an offender has served at least 30 years in prison.
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