Posted on 03/10/2025 4:57:54 PM PDT by T Ruth
The criminal bands that have arisen act for ideological reasons. They operate where they believe that they have the most latitude: on college campuses and in Democratic-controlled jurisdictions. And their beliefs are overwhelmingly left-wing: radically environmentalist (“Just Stop Oil”), anarcho-socialist (Antifa), and, most often, anti-Israel.
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Road closures and similar disruptions can inflict real economic damage, from logistical breakdowns to personnel unable to get to work. They can impede key services, like ambulances. And they have the potential to beget more serious violence.
Yet there seems to be little appetite for throwing the book at the activists, their organizers, or their funders. This might reflect the belief that the activists’ tactics are counterproductive to their own ends, leading Americans to associate the anti-Israel movement with aggravating—even enraging—inconvenience. The movement would be self-defeating, on this view.
This assumes, however, that anti-Israel activists want to “persuade.”
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They are not just trying to reorient American foreign policy; rather, as one of the main Columbia University anti-Israel groups declared in August, “We are Westerners fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization.”
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Of course, the principle of prosecutorial discretion means that no effort to crack down ... is assured without widespread buy-in from prosecutors. When former U.S. attorney general Bill Barr tried to use RICO to prosecute Antifa, the civil-servant lawyers beneath him did not just subvert his effort; they also leaked it to the press to make it seem ridiculous.
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Private civil litigation is making headway. Class-action attorney Ted Frank has sued several civil-terror organizations on behalf of drivers blocked by demonstrators for the tort of false imprisonment. Discovery will likely be fruitful, if slow. If Frank is successful, he may make a dent in the defendants’ resources. But public policy is still necessary.
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Only happens in blue cities.
I wonder why?
Well, I think they're rude. Not civil at all.
A lot of them are paid Rent-A-Mob violent thugs paid for by Soros funded organizations
It’s the Democrat party
Demonrat gonna Demonrat
The fall of Minneapolis was the result of civil terrorism. You would think after Minneapolis, those guilty participants would have been rounded up by now.
They are home-grown anarchists and terrorists. Jail them for 20 years or more. The J6 people jailed didn't impact or impede regular folks, like the leftist protesters that stop traffic, cause mayhem, and assault others. Leftists should not get a pass.
It’s past time to arrest Gyorgy boy, confiscate all of his wealth and extradite him to face the music.
Happening here also. Fr is under attack from never Trumpers.
There is an answer to this, and it’s a kinetic one.
Bkmk
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