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Co-conspirator in fires set at Walmarts in Alabama, Mississippi sentenced to 15 years in prison

Co-conspirator in fires set at Walmarts in Alabama, Mississippi sentenced to 15 years in prison
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Alabama woman convicted on federal anti-riot charge

Alabama woman convicted on federal anti-riot charge A jury returned a guilty verdict for a racial justice protester who broke a local police car window with a bat. The conviction is the first of its kind of a participant in last year’s racial justice protests. | Mario Tama/Getty Images Link Copied An Alabama woman was found guilty on a federal civil disorder charge Wednesday following what appeared to be the first federal court trial of a participant in last year’s racial justice protests. After several hours of deliberations, a jury in Mobile convicted Tia Pugh, 22, of the felony charge for smashing a local police cruiser’s window with a bat during a demonstration held just six days after the death of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police sparked nationwide outrage.

Court rejects challenge to federal anti-riot law

Court rejects challenge to federal anti-riot law POLITICO 1 hr ago By Josh Gerstein © Vasha Hunt/AP Photo The University of Alabama football team displays signs as they and they and fellow athletes from other sports march on campus, supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. A federal judge in Alabama has upheld the constitutionality of a half-century-old federal anti-riot law in the face of claims that the law has racist roots and threatens protest activity protected by the First Amendment. U.S. District Court Judge Terry Moorer s decision Thursday afternoon in favor of prosecutors clears the way for Tia Pugh, 22, to face trial next week on a single felony charge: that she violated the civil disorder law by smashing a police car window with a bat during a protest in Mobile six days after a Black man, George Floyd, died in the custody of Minneapolis police.

Alabama woman s case becomes test of federal anti-riot law

Alabama woman’s case becomes test of federal anti-riot law The Justice Department dispatched its top terror prosecutor to defend a statute the Trump administration turned to in its fight against violence at racial justice protests. Tia Pugh s case has emerged as a test of a controversial half-century-old law that has become one of the key tools the Justice Department is using to pursue violence stemming from protests and civil unrest. | Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo Link Copied MOBILE, Ala. The Justice Department dispatched one of its senior counterterrorism prosecutors for a court showdown Thursday over an event that rarely makes its way to federal court: a broken window.

Attorney for Mobile woman facing federal riot charge claims law is racist

Attorney for Mobile woman facing federal riot charge claims law is racist Updated 9:57 PM; An attorney representing a Mobile woman facing federal charges stemming from her allegedly smashing the window of a police vehicle during last year’s George Floyd protests claimed in court Thursday that the statute his client is charged under has racist origins, according to a report. Tia Pugh was charged with obstructing, impeding and interfering with law enforcement during the course of a civil disorder that affected interstate commerce for allegedly smashing the window during the May 31 protest in Mobile as demonstrators attempted to block Interstate 10.

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