TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoGeorgia Attorney General Brings RICO Indictments Against 61 Activistsitsgoingdown.orgexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down19file-text
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AP link: https://apnews.com/article/atlanta-cop-city-protests-rico-charges-3177a63ac1bd31a1594bed6584e9f330
minus-squareWagesOf@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down63·1 year agoIs it a crime to knowingly participate in a criminal conspiracy or not?
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54arrow-down1·1 year agoI dunno, is organizing a protest a criminal conspiracy?
minus-squareBarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down2·1 year 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-down16·1 year agoThere’s a 100+ page indictment that answers those questions very specifically.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year 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)
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)