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Posted: 3/7/2023 10:30:21 AM EDT
A Southern Poverty Law Center lawyer charged with domestic terrorism following a protest of Atlanta’s “Cop City” was acting as a legal observer of the demonstration and was arrested despite displaying his role, the organization said Monday.
.. Authorities claimed “violent agitators” threw construction equipment at law enforcement and hurled Molotov cocktails during Sunday’s demonstration, according to CNN. The Montgomery-based SPLC said the arrest of Jurgens and 34 others was the result of “heavy-handed law enforcement.” “An employee at the SPLC was arrested while acting — and identifying — as a legal observer on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG),” the organization said in a statement. “The employee is an experienced legal observer, and their arrest is not evidence of any crime, but of heavy-handed law enforcement intervention against protesters.” .. Sunday’s arrests and charges were ”part of a months-long escalation of policing tactics against protesters and observers who oppose the destruction of the Weelaunee Forest to build a police training facility,” the SPLC’s statement continued. “The SPLC has and will continue to urge de-escalation of violence and police use of force against Black, Brown and Indigenous communities — working in partnership with these communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements and advance the human rights of all people.” The NLG said as a legal observer, Jurgens’ role includes “supporting movement organizers and activists.” The organization added that Jurgens and other NLG legal observers are “trained witnesses of police conduct.” .. In a statement, the NLG said the arrests were “part of ongoing state repression and violence against racial and environmental justice protesters, who are fighting to defend their communities from the harms of militarized policing and environmental degradation. Each of these instances, including the many protesters charged with domestic terrorism, make clear that law enforcement views movement activists as enemies of the state.” https://www.al.com/news/2023/03/splc-lawyer-tom-jurgens-atlanta-cop-city-arrest-is-heavy-handed-law-enforcement.html I laughed. |
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I was rooting the tear gas... These people need to be run the fuck out of this state.
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Legal observer, eh? Was he wearing a suit, or was he dressed like the antifa tards?
Body cam footage should be informative. |
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They're lucky I'm not the King of Georgia. I believe in shooting arsonists.
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So…they are suggesting that “legal observer” is an actual thing that has carve outs in the laws that allow “legal observers” to be present and support illegal activity?
Huh, I learned something today |
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Was he shouting legal advise as they broke the law?
" Don't throw that explosive,that's assault with a deadly weapon!" Antifa obviously ignored his legal advice. |
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Quoted: So…they are suggesting that “legal observer” is an actual thing that has carve outs in the laws that allow “legal observers” to be present and support illegal activity? Huh, I learned something today View Quote Don't ha know being a lawyer gives you the right to trespass, and participate in violent riots. |
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Quoted: I saw the mugshot in another thread. Dressed casually but not head to toe in black. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Legal observer, eh? Was he wearing a suit, or was he dressed like the antifa tards? Body cam footage should be informative. I saw the mugshot in another thread. Dressed casually but not head to toe in black. Assuming (and it's a hell of an assumption) that he was actually a "legal observer" and not taking part in the festivities, he should have dressed the part. Maybe that sounds shallow or petty, but a guy in a jacket and tie tends to get treated a little differently than a guy dressed like a hobo. |
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Morris Dees and SLPC are communists. May the Doom be upon them.
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Legal observers are a long-established part of protesting, at least by the left, and I have personally attended protests in the capacity of a LO after going through a NLG training course.
A few points: -there’s no *legal* carve-out for LOs. Your own behavior is your only defense. -Ergo, you can’t trespass and be legally safe. At all. -if he’s really a LO he is honor-bound to not actively participate in the actual protest -he should have had multiple recording devices. The job of a LO is just that: observe from a legal standpoint. Record everything. Multiple cameras or recorders. Constant note taking. A warning to ‘your side’ before the event that you are observing the behaviors of all parties involved. You don’t have to snitch on your own people but the reality that they’re being watched should, in theory, keep both sides honest. When you see suspect behavior you record it, regardless of which side. If it comes out that he was acting within those parameters I’ll support his release. I’m not holding my breath. |
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Quoted: Legal observers are a long-established part of protesting, at least by the left, and I have personally attended protests in the capacity of a LO after going through a NLG training course. A few points: -there's no *legal* carve-out for LOs. Your own behavior is your only defense. -Ergo, you can't trespass and be legally safe. At all. -if he's really a LO he is honor-bound to not actively participate in the actual protest -he should have had multiple recording devices. The job of a LO is just that: observe from a legal standpoint. Record everything. Multiple cameras or recorders. Constant note taking. A warning to 'your side' before the event that you are observing the behaviors of all parties involved. You don't have to snitch on your own people but the reality that they're being watched should, in theory, keep both sides honest. When you see suspect behavior you record it, regardless of which side. If it comes out that he was acting within those parameters I'll support his release. I'm not holding my breath. View Quote |
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Quoted: Legal observer, eh? Was he wearing a suit, or was he dressed like the antifa tards? Body cam footage should be informative. View Quote I don't think it matters as he was acting as a lawyer for them he had a legal duty to report any pending illegal activities they may be planning. He did not. |
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Quoted: Assuming (and it's a hell of an assumption) that he was actually a "legal observer" and not taking part in the festivities, he should have dressed the part. Maybe that sounds shallow or petty, but a guy in a jacket and tie tends to get treated a little differently than a guy dressed like a hobo. View Quote Again, having been there and done that, it isn’t petty, it’s SOP. LOs are supposed to be readily distinguishable from protestors. The concept is similar to a combat medic. Your life or freedom might depend on the other side recognizing the distinction so you’d better make an attempt to be obvious. ETA: to clarify I *think* I remember dress/attire being covered in training, but I’m 100% certain I was readily identifiable as a LO during the actual events I attended. Not saying it would have kept me from being arrested, but as long as my behavior was lawful it would have helped my release to have been readily ‘picked out of a crowd’. |
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Quoted: Don't know how being a lawyer gives you the right to trespass, and participate in violent riots. View Quote That was his cover. Go be 100% involved in the mayhem then when you get hemmed up claim you were just "an observer" and a journalist. Seen it several times during the summer of riots. |
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The NLG said as a legal observer, Jurgens’ role includes “supporting movement organizers and activists.” View Quote "Supporting" goes a bit beyond "observing". In fact, "supporting" implies taking an active role in what the organizers and activists were doing, which includes destruction of property. Good arrest. |
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We are at a point where there are no innocent bystanders-on either side.
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I was hoping to see the cops ram the gate the scum were hiding behind.
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Quoted: Wrong, they need to be guest of your state for a bunch of years. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I was rooting the tear gas... These people need to be run the fuck out of this state. We have a nice Federal Prison |
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“The SPLC has and will continue to urge de-escalation of violence and police use of force against Black, Brown and Indigenous communities — working in partnership with these communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements and advance the human rights of all people.”
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As a lawyer, he should have known better than to participate in illegal activities. He will get his day in court, let the chips fall where they may…
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SPLC is a hate group funded by anti-American interests founded by a communist.
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When protestors start rioting they are no longer protesting.
Hook those fuckers up and put them in a hard labor camp for 5 years as a problem solving experiment. |
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Quoted: I don't think it matters as he was acting as a lawyer for them he had a legal duty to report any pending illegal activities they may be planning. He did not. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Legal observer, eh? Was he wearing a suit, or was he dressed like the antifa tards? Body cam footage should be informative. I don't think it matters as he was acting as a lawyer for them he had a legal duty to report any pending illegal activities they may be planning. He did not. Then charge him with conspiracy to commit domestic terrorism and conspiracy to commit arson. Then lock him up for a couple decades. |
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SPLC are the same assholes that “advise” our FBI and DOJ on domestic terrorism. They are biased to say the very least.
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So if I'm in the car when my fellow car buddies hop out and rob a place,
and I know they're gonna rob the place because I've been in on the conversations where they talked about robbing the place, and I sit in the car watch them rob the place, and one of them gets killed, and we all get caught after "they" robbed the place, I can just claim that I'm a "legal observer" and get off scot free? |
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They keep fucking around and Georgia is gonna call the Ohio National Guard.
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The NLG members seem to do a lot of texting when they are standing next to groups of officers.....almost like they are letting protestors know who is where and what is being planned. They also do seem to get sensitive when they notice you looking over their shoulder at their phones when they arent paying attention.
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Quoted: The NLG members seem to do a lot of texting when they are standing next to groups of officers.....almost like they are letting protestors know who is where and what is being planned. They also do seem to get sensitive when they notice you looking over their shoulder at their phones when they arent paying attention. View Quote They vid record to bring charges. Hope all those guys had Covid masks on while arresting the antifa dirtbags. |
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SPLC is a hate group. A bunch of terrorist supporting communist scum.
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