TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-22 years agoGeorgia Attorney General Brings RICO Indictments Against 61 Activistsitsgoingdown.orgexternal-linkmessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down19file-text
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AP link: https://apnews.com/article/atlanta-cop-city-protests-rico-charges-3177a63ac1bd31a1594bed6584e9f330
minus-squareBurn_The_Right@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up95arrow-down3·2 years agoJesus. They are charging everyone who so much as sighed heavy about the cop city being built. Helped on the website? RICO. Helped make protest signs? RICO. Undercook fish? Believe it or not, RICO.
minus-squareWagesOf@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down64·2 years agoIs it a crime to knowingly participate in a criminal conspiracy or not?
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56arrow-down1·2 years agoI dunno, is organizing a protest a criminal conspiracy?
minus-squareBarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down2·2 years agoPlease enlighten us, how is this criminal conspiracy? What horribly illegal act did these protesters commit that justifies RICO charges? They’ve already arrested several and killed one for bullshit reasons. How are the RICO charges any different?
minus-squarejimbo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down17·2 years agoThere’s a 100+ page indictment that answers those questions very specifically.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoYou keep saying that but neither linking nor even quoting, and a quick search online did not find it. I have to assume you haven’t read it either (and it’s 109 pages)
Jesus. They are charging everyone who so much as sighed heavy about the cop city being built.
Helped on the website? RICO. Helped make protest signs? RICO. Undercook fish? Believe it or not, RICO.
Is it a crime to knowingly participate in a criminal conspiracy or not?
I dunno, is organizing a protest a criminal conspiracy?
Please enlighten us, how is this criminal conspiracy? What horribly illegal act did these protesters commit that justifies RICO charges? They’ve already arrested several and killed one for bullshit reasons. How are the RICO charges any different?
There’s a 100+ page indictment that answers those questions very specifically.
You keep saying that but neither linking nor even quoting, and a quick search online did not find it.
I have to assume you haven’t read it either (and it’s 109 pages)