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Originally Posted by whell
More than 20 people from around the country faced domestic terrorism charges Monday after dozens in black masks attacked the site of a police training center under construction in a wooded area outside Atlanta where one protester was killed in January.
The site has become the flashpoint of ongoing conflict between authorities and left-leaning protesters who have been drawn together, joining forces to protest a variety of causes. Among them: People against the militarization of police; others who aim to protect the environment; and some who oppose corporations who they see as helping to fund the project through donations to a police foundation.
https://apnews.com/article/atlanta-p...f44283fc72fc56
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An interesting aspect of this is that while there is a state law against "domestic terrorism" in Georgia, there is no such federal law because of
opposition to it by Congressional Republicans, largely because the vast majority of incidents that would qualify as domestic terrorism are perpetrated by the GOP base (e.g., Jan. 6). Moreover,
Congressional Republicans went ballistic after a 2009 DHS report (correctly) identified the threat of right-wing extremism.
Meanwhile, just last night Tucker Carlson spent his show again trying to portray the Jan. 6 insurrection (in which over 1,000 people have been arrested) as peaceful and supported by the Capitol Police.
What this teaches us is that conservatives believe that criminal activity is domestic terrorism if it involves liberal causes, but it's normal, patriotic tourist activity if perpetrated by Republicans and investigation thereof is treasonous.
