Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice

Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice

Curated from US news | The Guardian — Here’s what matters right now:

Legal experts say charges against Afghanistan war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II mark an escalation in the Trump administration’s crackdown on first amendment rights The arrest of a US army veteran who protested against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has raised alarms among legal experts and fellow veterans familiar with his service in Afghanistan. Bajun Mavalwalla II – a former army sergeant who survived a roadside bomb blast on a special operations mission in Afghanistan – was charged in July with “conspiracy to impede or injure officers” after joining a demonstration against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) in Spokane, Washington. Continue reading...

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Original reporting: US news | The Guardian

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