The alleged anti-Cop City activist was stopped and interrogated at the airport when reentering the US in January 2025.

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/67529

The Department of Justice is trying to prosecute a man allegedly involved in the movement against Atlanta’s Cop City for using a “duress” password on his smartphone that reportedly wiped its contents, in a seemingly unprecedented line of prosecution as the Trump administration expands its methods of criminalizing those with left-wing beliefs. According to The Guardian, the defendant…

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    • DarkCloud
      15·
      22 hours ago

      Yes, the current Australian PM eventually came and got him.

      …but really, Assange was spreading Russian disinformation to help Donald Trump into power… So a pretty dubious character.

    • floofloof@lemmy.caOP
      2·
      21 hours ago

      Yes, though I don’t suppose he’ll ever be free of surveillance by various countries’ intelligence agencies.