FORT WORTH, TEXAS — DANIEL SANCHEZ ESTRADA wasn’t accused of attempted murder or material support of terrorism after a protest turned catastrophically wrong outside an ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas. He was merely convicted of obstructing the investigation by moving a box full of antifascist zines after the protest. Giving him a long prison term would make a mockery of justice, his defense attorney, Christopher Weinbel, told U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor on Tuesday.
“The punishment must fit the crimes — not the headlines, not the politics, not the fears that have been mongered about the case,” he said.
Instead, O’Connor gave Sanchez Estrada a 30-year term.
The lengthy sentence was among the eight harsh terms handed down by judges in two courtrooms in Fort Worth on Tuesday to activists who played roles at or after the July 4, 2025, protest at Prairieland Detention Center. Their sentences — longer than any of those received by members of the January 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol — capped a case that is widely regarded as the Trump administration’s first major victory in its crackdown on left-wing activism.
If ONLY he had RAPED a Bunch of Children INSTEAD! Or MURDERED Americans INSTEAD! Or EMBEZZLED Billions of Taxpayer Dollars INSTEAD! Or
Meanwhile, in California, a man drugged his 18 yr old daughter, raped her multiple times, and got— wait for it—
a year in jail.
oh, and the daughter later committed suicide. :'(
One. Year.
texas has gone fucking insane. (and Cali, too)
Amateur. He should’ve stormed Capitol instead and get praises from current government.
If you’re arrested for protesting, its better to plead to the lesser charge of attacking the capitol
By which law? This?
18 U.S. Code § 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant
(c) Whoever corruptly— (1) alters, destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to impair the object’s integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
I mentioned in another thread about this that they did use laws that were on the books but clearly gave disgustingly long sentences. Since it’s “terrorism” they get to do additional bullshit; I was a teen in the Bush years but even I knew the whole anti-terrorism stuff was going to get abused.
The funny thing about the term “Terrorism” is that according to it’s definition it can be applied to almost any belligerent in any international conflict.
Now we have sentencing guidelines for when we re-try the Jan 6 Insurrectionists and the MAGA leadership for Treason, Murder, Corruption, and Pedophilia.
Can’t retry the insurrectionists as per 5th Amendment’s double jeopardy clause. They’ve already had their day in court, been sentenced, and had their sentence pardoned. Unfortunate, given the clear conflict of interest in the nature of the pardon.
Just lock them up and denied them trials. Works for ice
Maybe deport the insurrectionists to some sgithole country to work as slave labour
Ahh yes, I forgot about the completely legitimate tactic of the government shoving fingers in the ears and shouting “la la la, I can’t hear you!” when the political undesirables show proof of citizenship. That should work.
Its worked for the past few months
Why change
Yeah, now we just have to wait for them to commit more crimes and go back to jail.
Last I saw, about 60 of them have already done that.
Reminds me of the Haymarket Affair.
The reason the rest of the world celebrates May 1 as labor day - and the US doesn’t.
Reed O’Conner deserves to get every form of cancer, and even that would be too comfortable an end for such a piece of shit.
