Antifa-linked protesters hit with decades in prison for Texas immigration center shooting

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Source: Politico
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Eight protesters linked to antifa were sentenced to decades in federal prison for a July 4 shooting outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Dallas that wounded a police officer; one defendant received the maximum 100 years, while the others got 30 to 70 years. Prosecutors labeled the act terrorism and an assault on democracy, but supporters said it wasn’t an antifa operation and that violence was not the intention; some had previously pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists.

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