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Mar 29, 2026 Nine activists convicted on terrorism charges were sentenced following a Texas trial stemming from a 2025 ICE protest, prompting warnings about a chilling effect on dissent Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent
Legal experts warned the convictions set a dangerous precedent for labeling leftist protest activity as domestic terrorism absent organizational evidence.
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- Nine activists convicted on terrorism charges in Texas ICE protest case — Nine activists were convicted in Texas federal court on terrorism and related charges stemming from a March 2025 protest outside an ICE facility near Fort Worth. Eight were convicted of riot, explosives, and material support to terrorists; one (Benjamin Song) was convicted of attempted murder after shooting a police officer; a ninth was convicted for moving zines days after the protest. The Trump administration framed the verdict as vindication of its campaign against "antifa," though legal experts and the trial judge noted the charges had no organizational nexus and the terrorism label was legally irrelevant to the convictions.
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Week 63 – 2026-03-28–2026-04-03
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Mar 28, 2026 Department of Homeland Security fired a less-lethal projectile at a photographer during the No Kings protest, causing permanent loss of an eye Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
A federal agent's use of force against a documented journalist at a lawful protest, allegedly violating a prior court injunction, raises serious First Amendment and accountability concerns.
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- DHS agent shoots USC student with less-lethal projectile at No Kings march, causing permanent eye loss — On 28 March, Tucker Collins, 18, an 18-year-old USC freshman and photographer, was struck in the right eye by a "less-lethal" projectile fired by a Department of Homeland Security agent during a No Kings protest outside the Metropolitan detention center in downtown Los Angeles. The impact fractured the bones in his eye socket; the eye was subsequently surgically removed. Collins's attorney states he was documenting the protest, posed no threat, and was shot in violation of a September federal court injunction prohibiting DHS use of force against journalists and legal observers exercising First Amendment rights. DHS claims officers followed training and used minimum necessary force after seven warnings.
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Week 63 – 2026-03-28–2026-04-03
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