(Vanity)Conspiracy Laws Precedent Being Ignored?(Vanity)

my head ^ | 19 Feb 2011 | self

[Tainan]

In the U.S.A back in the late '60s, there was a riotous situation called, appropriately enough, "The Chicago Riots."
These were also billed, on hand-outs, flyers, etc. "The Days of Rage"...general hippy leftist rioting over the VN War and all the things that made the '60s the '60s.
The follow-up to this was a long drawn out trial for "The Chicago 7." I think there were 8 but one was removed from the group for a separate trial.

My point is, the charges which were brought, and made to stick, was for 'Conspiracy to Cross a state line with the intent to cause riot and violate laws.' Or something to that effect. This was done because the perps were found to be engaged in a conspiracy to organize illegal activities and cross state lines to carry out these actions.
O.K., given this legal precedent, why can't charges such as this be used today for actions such as being engaged in in Wisconsin.
We have outside (the state) provocateurs organizing these breeches of the peace, busing in people from out-of-state to engage in these activities and numerous documented arrests for violation of state and local laws.

So whats the hold-up on this legal action?

[Tainan]

Thoughts, comments and/or postings of memories from the Chicago trial or riots.

[Jet Jaguar]

No memories. But, I will bump it.

[Islander7]

So whats the hold-up on this legal action?

Have you had a look at who controls the federal government lately?

[mnehring]

US Code, Title 18, Part 1, Section 102

§ 2101. Riots

(a) Whoever travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses any facility of interstate or foreign commerce, including, but not limited to, the mail, telegraph, telephone, radio, or television, with intent—

(1) to incite a riot; or

(2) to organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on a riot; or

(3) to commit any act of violence in furtherance of a riot; or

(4) to aid or abet any person in inciting or participating in or carrying on a riot or committing any act of violence in furtherance of a riot;

and who either during the course of any such travel or use or thereafter performs or attempts to perform any other overt act for any purpose specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of this paragraph— ^[1]

Shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Source

[TwoSwords]

Before my time, but a most excellent idea. Kudos

[WilliamofCarmichael]

The state controlled academia and media (SCAM) are hoping for some kind of demonstrator-initiated confrontation with the police so they can scream about another "police riot."

That is what Chicago came to be described. A "police riot." Never mind what the Marxist-Alinsky revolutionary rabble did -- by 1968 the New Left owned the media. After Nixon was elected that year the media became part of the New Left, helped take over the Democratic Party to become the Rat Party, and they are all now arguably the Establishment.

As I recall the commercially published report about the riots (Walker Report?) had a photo on the cover of South African police attacking blacks -- none of the photos of the event supported the tenor of the biased, vicious report attacking the police. As I recall.

[LibFreeOrDie]

the charges which were brought, and made to stick

Only after the Dem administration was replaced by a Republican one:

According to Wikipedia: "However, President Lyndon Johnson's Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, discouraged an indictment, believing that the violence during the convention was primarily caused by actions of the Chicago police. The grand jury returned indictments only after President Richard Nixon took office and John Mitchell assumed the office of Attorney General."

BTW, Obama's pal, Bill Ayers, was a leader in the "Days of Rage" riots.

[traditional1]

That group was known as "The Chicago Seven", represented by ACLU Lawyer William Kunzler, I think. It included Abbie Hoffman, and Tom Hayden (who married Jane Fonda, aka, "Hanoi Jane"). Hayden went on to become elected to Congress, from (where else), Kalifornia.

A bunch of Hippie pukes who were the darlings of Ayers and the Weathermen crowds......