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23 protesters charged with domestic terrorism after clashes with Atlanta polic

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by flgator2, Mar 6, 2023.

  1. citygator

    citygator VIP Member

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    It’s looks like.. not look like. :)
     
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  2. Orange_and_Bluke

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    Is that LT Dangle? LOL!
    Who would have known coop resembles Reno’s finest!
     
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  3. orangeblue_coop

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    *they’re :emoji_relaxed:
     
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  4. GatorJMDZ

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    Don't worry about them. After Trump is re-elected in 2024, that will be the next wall he builds and Canada will pay for it.
     
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  5. 1990Gator

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    Maybe we should:

    More migrants are crossing the northern border from Canada into the U.S.

    Illegal Immigrants Are Now Using the Northern Border, Too

    US Northern Border Immigrant Death Highlights Crossing Spike

    Stefanik: Biden Administration Admits Northern Border is Not Secure

    I like this last one - they claim the southern border is secure but the northern border is not?
     
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  6. gatorpa

    gatorpa GC Hall of Fame

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    So that’s how it works?

    You assert this was some issue with MAGAs infiltrating and causing a ruckus and then tell me to go find the proof of your assertion?

    Carry on with your thus far unsubstantiated claims..
     
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  7. gatorpa

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    That wasn’t an apology it was sarcasm.
    Still waiting on a link to support his claim.
     
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  8. gatorpa

    gatorpa GC Hall of Fame

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    Or all the lefty celebrities who swore they would leave if he was elected in 2016 will move there that’s a win.
     
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  9. flgator2

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  10. buckeyegator

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    hey, that was always my line,,,
     
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  11. wgbgator

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  12. gator_lawyer

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    This is absolutely nuts. Banana republic type stuff.
    Atlanta Police Arrest Organizers of Bail Fund for Cop City Protesters
    In a joint operation with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, or GBI, Atlanta cops charged Marlon Scott Kautz, Adele Maclean, and Savannah Patterson — all board members of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund — with “money laundering” and “charity fraud.”

    The arrests are an unprecedented attack on bail funds and legal support organizations, a long-standing facet of social justice movements, according to Lauren Regan, executive director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center.
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    A public statement from the GBI said that “[a]gents and officers executed a search warrant and found evidence linking the three suspects to the financial crimes.” The warrants for all three arrestees cite “records and reports of certain currency transactions” and “fraudulent, misrepresenting, or misleading activities regarding charitable solitations.” (“Solitations” is, of course, not a word, but the apparent misspelling of the word “solicitations” appears on all three arrestees’ warrants.)

    A more detailed arrest warrant for Patterson notes that the alleged “money laundering” charge relates to reimbursements made from the nonprofit to Patterson’s personal PayPal account for minor expenses including “gasoline, forest clean-up, totes, covid rapid tests, media, yard signs and other miscellaneous expenses.” Targeting the organizers with a militarized SWAT raid based on such expenditures only clarifies the desperation of law enforcement agencies in going after the movement.
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    Criminal defense attorney: Charges against ‘Cop City’ protesters ‘will likely stick’
     
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  13. wgbgator

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    Cant think of anything more "big government" than this, but it doesnt surprise me. Conservatives were itching to go after bail funds & donors during the George Floyd protests.
     
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  14. ValdostaGatorFan

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    Sending the SWAT team in for warrants regarding financial crimes (not violent crimes) seems an awful lot like a purposeful flex. It's not in the article, but if I had to guess, the arrestees probably didn't have violent histories. What's crazy is that this is centered around Cop City, which will probably lead to further militarization of the police, which most likely will lead to more over-the-top responses exactly like this one.
     
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  15. wgbgator

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    This is the kind of stuff they will be training to do in cop city
     
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  16. ValdostaGatorFan

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    Exactly. Which will inspire more groups like this, which the cops will use as a reason that they need more gear, which will inspire more groups like this, which cops will use as a reason that they need more gear, which will...
     
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  17. GatorJMDZ

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    So, you were wearing your readers and still screwed it up?:D
     
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  19. gatorpa

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    Man you had to dig back awhile to try to get a laugh.

    Slow day?