White supremacists convicted of conspiracy to train with firearms for a civil disorder

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[–]NeoRail 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The strangest part is that if this bit of text is an accurate summary of the law, then its application requires a certain level of mind reading. How else can the court confirm what someone "knows or believes"?

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Conspiracy charges make sense when the resulting crime has an intended victim, like conspiracy to commit murder. Conspiracy to train doesnt make sense, it's like science fiction pre-crime bullshit. It's honestly a stretch to even make training for something like this illegal, but conspiracy to do this is on another level of judical overreach altogether.

[–]YJaewedwqewqClerical Fascist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

They've evolved beyond charging you with irrelevant crimes or framing you for ones you didn't commit, now they're finally to the point of making up intentionally vague laws to entrap you with if you get out of line. I'd expect many more like this one. The USA is soon to become UK V2.

[–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is an older law I believe, there's lots of shit like this that's just rarely enforced. They bring em out at opportune times to scare would-be revolutionaries.

[–]YJaewedwqewqClerical Fascist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's somewhat surprising, but I guess they'd rather use an old, obscure law than pass a new one anyway.