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A California judge dismissed a case against two alleged white supremacists after agreeing that the pair had been "selectively prosecuted" under a "once-rarely-used" federal statute that was not similarly applied to "far-left" groups like Antifa and By Any Means Necessary.
The statute at the center of the case is the Anti-Riot Act of 1968. According to federal prosecutors, two members of the "far-right" group the Rise Above Movement — Robert Boman and Robert Rundo — violated the act in 2017 by coordinating to bring like-minded agitators from across the country to engage in violence during right-wing and/or MAGA rallies in Huntington Beach, Berkeley, and San Bernardino, California.
"There is no doubt that the government did not prosecute similarly situated individuals," Carney wrote in a decision released February 21.
"Despite the involvement of both the far left and far right, the federal government never charged far-left activists under the Anti-Riot Act for their violence at these political rallies," the decision continued, despite the fact that members of Antifa and BAMN "engaged in worse conduct and in fact instigated much of the violence that broke out at these otherwise constitutionally protected rallies."
While Carney admitted that the defendants harbor "reprehensible" views and likely "committed violence for which they deserve to be prosecuted," he likewise cautioned that "all," regardless of ideology, are entitled to the same freedom and protections under the Constitution.
Equal protection and application of the law is fundamental to a free society. If the Feds want to charge the right then by God also charge the left. This has major application to the Jan. 6 defendants.
A California judge dismissed a case against two alleged white supremacists after agreeing that the pair had been "selectively prosecuted" under a "once-rarely-used" federal statute that was not similarly applied to "far-left" groups like Antifa and By Any Means Necessary.
The statute at the center of the case is the Anti-Riot Act of 1968. According to federal prosecutors, two members of the "far-right" group the Rise Above Movement — Robert Boman and Robert Rundo — violated the act in 2017 by coordinating to bring like-minded agitators from across the country to engage in violence during right-wing and/or MAGA rallies in Huntington Beach, Berkeley, and San Bernardino, California.
"There is no doubt that the government did not prosecute similarly situated individuals," Carney wrote in a decision released February 21.
"Despite the involvement of both the far left and far right, the federal government never charged far-left activists under the Anti-Riot Act for their violence at these political rallies," the decision continued, despite the fact that members of Antifa and BAMN "engaged in worse conduct and in fact instigated much of the violence that broke out at these otherwise constitutionally protected rallies."
While Carney admitted that the defendants harbor "reprehensible" views and likely "committed violence for which they deserve to be prosecuted," he likewise cautioned that "all," regardless of ideology, are entitled to the same freedom and protections under the Constitution.
Equal protection and application of the law is fundamental to a free society. If the Feds want to charge the right then by God also charge the left. This has major application to the Jan. 6 defendants.
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