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Indigenous Activist Faces 10 Years for Facebook Comments

Loren Reed, dubbed the “Arizona Emo Anarchist” by a local right-wing news site, faces 10 years in prison for comments he made on Facebook.

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“Loren Reed, dubbed the ‘Arizona Emo Anarchist’ by a local right-wing news site, has been held in federal pre-trial detention for more than 6 months after the courts repeatedly rejected his requests to be released pending trial.

[..] With the Trump administration lobbing attacks at those it deems ‘anarchists’ and political divisions igniting violence in the streets amidst a historically contentious election, a 26-year-old Diné (Navajo) man from the small town of Page, Arizona has found himself in the crossfire of a national political melee.

The summer’s protests, which brought more people into the streets than any protest movement in U.S. history, according to calculations by The New York Times, have also led to a wave of repression against activists. With William Barr at the helm of the Department of Justice and rogue law enforcement agencies like those in Portland, Oregon increasingly repressing left-wing protestors while ignoring violence from the right, the number of activists facing jail time has increased drastically. This wave of repression found its most deadly manifestation last month in the shooting of Michael Reinoehl by US Marshals, which, as details emerge, increasingly appears to have been an intentional extrajudicial execution.”

For updates/how to help:

• Tucson Anti-Repression Crew (insta)
• TARC post
• Cashapp: $TucsonARC
• Paypal: Paypal.me/prisonsupport