Posted on 02/22/2024 5:02:13 AM PST by CFW
A federal judge on Wednesday found that the “selective prosecution” of far-right groups without charging their far-left counterparts for the same acts is “constitutionally impermissible.”
U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney of southern California therefore dismissed charges against two men from the “white nationalist” Rise Above Movement (RAM) who violently clashed with members of the far-left group Antifa at three southern California pro-Trump events in 2017.
In his 35-page order, the judge stressed the importance of equal protection under the law. He said that although the two men may have been involved in violent acts, prosecutors were wrong to exclusively target them without also pursuing charges against Antifa members implicated in similar violent actions at political events.
“Such selective prosecution leaves the troubling impression that the government believes speech on the left more deserving of protection than speech on the right,” Judge Carney wrote (pdf).
The judge said that the fundamental principles of the First Amendment rights to free speech and to assemble are the “bedrock” of the United States. This is not always easy, he added, noting that sometimes, people use that right to “spread vitriolic and hateful ideas and beliefs.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
I had to read that 10 times as it's still early and I could be dreaming. Equal justice under the law? California? Naw, can't be real
Pathetic that it’s taken this long hasn’t it.
I always like to point out to people that on Jan. 20th 2017 Democrats organized and carried out a terror attack against cops and the public in an attempt to interrupt or stop Trumps inauguration. They attacked cops, they destroyed property, they committed arson, all of this happened in D.C. by the way.
Did the FBI spend the next 2 years hunting them down and take them into custody like they did the Jan.6th stolen election protestors? No.
Where they given long jail sentences like the Jan.6th stolen election protestors? No
Matter of fact, this happened..........
Pass this around to people who try to justify the prosecution of the Jan. 6th stolen election protestors......
On Jan. 20th 2017 Democrats organized and carried out a terror attack against cops and the public in an attempt to interrupt or stop Trumps inauguration. They attacked cops, they destroyed property, they committed arson, all of this happened in D.C. by the way.
Did the FBI spend the next 2 years hunting them down and taking them into custody like they did the Jan.6th stolen election protestors? No.
Where they given long jail sentences like the Jan.6th stolen election protestors? No
In fact, this happened..........
Fed judge? Kaliforniastan? Liberal? Appointed by a dim? Can it be??? that he ruled for the RIGHT? Good grief!! The judge may get impeached by the dims for this!!
The left calls their politics-driven violence “good trouble.” They think they are being righteous when they beat down conservatives. Even more so when cops are told by their bosses in blue cities not to interfere when they do it.
Trying to identify the three-stooge panel on this.
“The Ninth Circus steps in...”
Yep you can bet on it...
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