Antifa is not a “myth” or right-wing boogeyman, it is a real movement that has enjoyed leniency for too long…
The Department of Justice announced the entire Antifa cell in north Texas has been given heavy sentences after pleading guilty or were found guilty for their involvement in an attack on an ICE facility last year.
The long sentences were in response to the Trump administration designating Antifa as an international and domestic terrorist organization. Activists in the movement have long organized and carried out attacks under the guise of fighting “facism.” Most recently, Antifa militants have been carrying out attacks on ICE and DHS personnel and facilities in response to the Trump administration’s mass deportation plan.
The DOJ said the ringleader of the attack in north Texas, Benjamin Hanil Song, was sentenced to 100 years in prison. A responding local police officer was shot in the neck during the incident.
With the remainder of the defendants, the total sentence for time to serve in prison is over 556 years among the 15 individuals:
- Ines Soto was sentenced to 50 years
- Joy Gibson was sentenced to 15 years
- Rebecca Morgan was sentenced to 15 years
- Lynette Sharp was sentenced to over 9 years
- John Thomas was sentenced to over 9 years
- Seth Sikes was sentenced to 6 years in prison
- Nathan Baumann was sentenced to 22 months