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“Balogun, who was working full-time for an IT company when he was arrested, has long been an activist, co-founding Guerrilla Mainframe and the Huey P Newton Gun Club, two groups fighting police brutality and advocating for the rights of black gun owners. Some of the work included coordinating meals for the homeless, youth picnics and self-defense classes – but that’s not what interested the FBI.
Investigators began monitoring Balogun, whose legal name is Christopher Daniels, after he participated in an Austin, Texas, rally in March 2015 protesting against law enforcement, special agent Aaron Keighley testified in court.
The FBI, Keighley said, learned of the protest from a video on Infowars, a far-right site run by the commentator Alex Jones, known for spreading false news and conspiracy theories.
The reference to Infowars stunned Balogun: “They’re using a conspiracy theorist video as a reason to justify their tyranny? That is a big insult.”
Keighley made no mention of Balogun’s specific actions at the rally, but noted the marchers’ anti-police statements, such as “oink oink bang bang” and “the only good pig is a pig that’s dead”.
A black activist was arrested and the supposedly damning things the cops jailed him for were:
- having attended a protest
- writing facebook posts
- having books
- having guns
This is what I mean when I say that there is not, and never has been, free speech, the right to bear arms, or the right to protest in this country. The constitution was written to apply to whites. And the laws exist to protect the ruling class.
Now tell me the fuck again how y’all are just standing up for “constitutional rights” when you defend nazis marching the streets but stay silent on every fucking case like this. Only this time, listen to yourself and realize that your justification of just defending the constitution doesn’t actually make you sound like any less of a white supremacist.
Black activist jailed for his Facebook posts speaks out about secret FBI surveillance
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