9th Circuit upholds part of federal anti-riot law in case against white supremacists
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco on Thursday revived the prosecution of four white supremacists under a federal anti-riot law, even as it struck down some parts of the law for infringing protected speech.
The 9th Circuit decision allowed the Anti-Riot Act prosecution of members of the Rise Above Movement, a white supremacist group, who were accused of traveling to California rallies where they attacked people.
The appeals court upheld provisions of the Anti-Riot Act that ban inciting, participating in or carrying on a riot, and that ban committing acts of violence in connection with a riot.
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The members of a California white nationalist group face federal charges of organizing and participating in riots across the state.
FILE – In this Aug. 11, 2017, file photo, multiple white nationalist groups march with torches through the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Va. (Mykal McEldowney/The Indianapolis Star via AP, File)
PASADENA, Calif. (CN) A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday reversed a federal judge’s dismissal of an indictment charging four members of a white nationalist group with organizing and inciting violent riots across California.
Members of the white supremacist group Rise Above Movement (RAM) were arrested in 2018 on charges of plotting riots and inciting violence across the Golden State for more than a year prior.
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