I Wrote a Movie Review. Cops Took It From A Protester’s Home to Make the Case That He’s a Terrorist.
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FBI seized a movie review as evidence in terrorism case against anti-ICE protesters.
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Your written opinions and film reviews could be used as evidence against you in federal terrorism cases.
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FBI agents seized a 2019 horror film review titled "The Satanic Death-Cult Is Real" from defendant Daniel Sanchez Estrada's Dallas home and federal prosecutors introduced it as evidence of "ideologically driven intent" in a terrorism case against protesters at an anti-ICE demonstration in Alvarado, Texas on July 4. Estrada faces up to 20 years in prison on charges of attempting to conceal documents by transporting "Antifa materials" and conspiracy to conceal zines, though he is not accused of shooting the police officer injured during the protest. The case marks the first time terrorism-related charges have been brought against alleged members of an "antifa cell."
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Federal prosecutors are using the seized review as evidence of ideologically driven intent.
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