In a case reminiscent of the two New York lawyers convicted of firebombing a police vehicle, a lawyer for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was arrested for possible domestic terrorism in targeting a police training center in Atlanta. Thomas Webb Jurgens was among 23 suspected domestic terrorists in an attack on the site for a planned $90 million training complex called “Cop City” by protesters.
Unlike the cases of Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman, it is not clear what the evidence is against Jurgens beyond his being present at the scene. The SPLC insists that he was present “as a legal observer on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG).”
I have represented such observers with the NLG (as well as journalists) who have been arrested at such protests. It is plausible that he was there for that function. The question is whether he undertook any violent action himself or did more than observe. These cases can often be knocked down to mere trespass or other lesser charges after arraignments or preliminary hearings.
He is one of 23 suspected domestic terrorists released by the Atlanta Police Department on Monday. The court will have to establish if there is particularized evidence against these individuals or whether they were scooped up at the scene en masse. The police report states:
“On March 5, 2023, a group of violent agitators used the cover of a peaceful protest of the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center to conduct a coordinated attack on construction equipment and police officers. They changed into black clothing and entered the construction area and began to throw large rocks, bricks, Molotov cocktails, and fireworks at police officers.”
The SPLC bills itself as a “catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people.” It has a less redeeming history when it comes to free speech rights.
The SPLC has long been criticized for targeting conservative and religious groups. Ironically, given its objections to the charge against Jurgens, it has long been accused of loosely applying the label of “hate group” to organizations with opposing viewpoints. For example, the Family Research Council was labeled a “hate group.”
The Associated Press termed these violent brick and rock-throwing terrorists “left-leaning.” But the will call any conservative group “far-right” or “white supremacist.”
We have got to do something about the behavior of these Amish kids. It has to stop.
I think the problem with it was muskeegee…Indian ground. The Indian ground losses people off! They ask always get what the jews holocaust ask for….but never get same as to Indian holocaousts. The Indians are sick of it! And it’s always repeated….their grounds are used by the state. Like their ancestors don’t matter. But Jews matter? In North america? Seriously? We bend over for Israeli Jews in America but we won’t bend over for native americans? The musketeers per it to their people. Sold lawyer is the small you need to worry over…behind him are every tribe still existing in america! Who will peaceable ask….that the tuskegee and misjudged muskegee lands not be violated. But the cops don’t get our war cry! Instead they ignore us and our land and develop for foreigners. That will not work! We own this country. Lajes86 545499a. Americans own this country! Your fools errands! Tix tok. The rooster crows…pick your side! You have none except by manipulation….while real people are pure and can’t be manipulated! We are red blooded. Good luck on your war…..we will win!
The SPLC is another example of a once respectable institution gone woke.
I cannot recall the SPLC ever having been considered a respectable institution.
They have not been for a long time. But they actually were once.
Apparently, there are so few domestic terrorists in Georgia that, like coffee and bananas, they have to be imported.
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“Five women who said they were denied abortions despite grave risk to their lives have sued the state of Texas, in the first apparent case of pregnant women suing over curbs imposed after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June.”
https://www.reuters.com/legal/five-women-who-say-they-were-denied-abortions-sue-texas-new-york-times-2023-03-07/
“The facility is NOT the focus of a dispute with residents of Atlanta.
All the action involved in this facility has been Antifa actors – again almost entirely from out of state.”
Nope.
Here’s the breakdown on the dispute.
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/07/1161343394/atlanta-cop-city-protests-explained
Antifa is not involved.
“POSSIBLE” Domestic Terrorism charges. More Turley pandering.
50 shade of Some, Select [Black] Lives Matter clearly has diversitist (e.g. racist) motivation.
In keeping with the hateful and violent rhetoric of the Left, long-time art critic for NYMag @jerrysaltz instructed his Instagram followers with the following
https://www.instagram.com/p/CpaP84LAUoY/
jerrysaltz
Because if you know anyone who voted Republican- including friends and family – you should shun them.
No need to even tell them that you are no longer communicating with them or why. You own it yourself, to them, your country, and any idea of moral damage.
And yes, they want to bring back lynching.
The Long American Night.”
” It is plausible that he was there for that function. ”
Try him as they did with the Jan 6 protestors. He was at the scene of the crime. He represents a group of Domestic Terrorists.
ATS used to use the SPLC as a link but even he stopped only to use one link after another until he had to stop using those as well. The left is dishonest and needs to be stopped.