OK Teens charged as terrorists

[Legend]

I’m curious what you folks think of the Oklahoma City teens charged with terrorism for breaking windows in a protest.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/okalahoma-teens-terrorism-black-lives-matter-protesters-david-prater

 

My take?  Lawlessness is lawlessness. If overcharging people makes them think twice, then go for it. Your right to free speech does not extend to the destruction of property or lives.

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Sic transit gloria mundi (so shut up and get back to work)

[Beeg_Dawg]

I agree with your take.

BLM obviously can’t differentiate vadalism and terrorism.

“The local chapter of Black Lives Matter criticized Prater for bringing the terrorism charges against “protesters,” especially in Oklahoma City, where a “white supremacist terrorist attack” killed at least 168 people and injured hundreds more on April 19, 1995. The bombing was the worst terrorist attack to take place on U.S. soil until that on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001.

“To conflate acts of vandalism against property with acts of terrorist violence against human beings is a moral and legal equivocation without compare,” its petition on Change.org said. “It is an insult to survivors of terrorism and it is a sacrilege to its victims. Please join us in condemning these charges and demanding that [Oklahoma County] District Attorney David Prater dismiss them without delay.”

So setting fire to buildings is now simple vandalism? How about attempted arson?

The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations defines terrorism as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives”.

Seems pretty obvious to me this is terrorism. If not terrorism, I would love to hear the accussed explain what they were doing.  Just kids being kids?

[Legend]

[quote quote=1485]I would love to hear the accussed explain what they were doing. Just kids being kids?[/quote]

People will do what they will do.

Sounds to me like these “teens” made a bad set of choices.  Their parents should be ashamed of themselves, but that’s asking too much these days.

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[topcamera]

Charge them with felony arson and make it stick. Argue for the longest term possible.

This is not Tim McVeigh.

[lex24]

C’mon.  A terrorism charge is ridiculous.  Attempted arson, fine.  But it’s not terrorism.

[Beeg_Dawg]

[quote quote=1493]C’mon. A terrorism charge is ridiculous. Attempted arson, fine. But it’s not terrorism.[/quote]

Maybe not.  Overcharge them, drag ’em through the system.  Maybe a jury agrees, maybe not. Either way, lesson served.

[lex24]

And horrific precedent set.  Leave political prisoners to the Chinese.  The terrorism charge is a political move.  We don’t need that.

[RoscoeMaynard]

Oh just charge them with anything but terrorism and it will stick.  Don’t pretend its terrorism, that is b.s.  But go ahead and lock them up…there have to be legal ramifications for this type of pathetic half-assed crap.  But overcharging is how we ended up with BLM anyway…to some degree.

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