Texas Judge Overrules Jury to Send Anti-Genocide Activist to Jail for Graffiti

https://truthout.org/articles/texas-judge-overrules-jury-to-send-anti-genocide-activist-to-jail-for-graffiti/

Texas Judge Overrules Jury to Send Anti-Genocide Activist to Jail for Graffiti

Now, as Raunaq Alam’s team attempts to appeal the judge’s decision, he reportedly continues to be targeted.

By Marwa Elbially , TRUTHOUT
Published September 26, 2025

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At the time of Alam’s alleged spray-painting, Uncommon Church was flying the State of Israel’s flag outside its building. Months before the graffiti was painted, the church posted a photograph of its pastor, Brad Carignan, alongside 11 Israeli soldiers carrying automatic weapons, on Facebook. The caption stated, “Pastor Brad made it safely to (near) the frontline to bring clean socks, sleeping bags and encouragement to the Israeli troops.”

The case took place in Tarrant County, the third-largest county in Texas and a bellwether for both the state and the nation. A demographic shift has helped transition the county from a once-reliable Republican stronghold to an electoral battleground, and the far right has expended significant resources to maintain its political footing there.

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But blood in the streets terrorist …

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'I want blood in the streets': Editor of conservative site 'explicitly' demands 'violence'

Carl GibsonSeptember 26, 2025

Geoffrey Ingersoll, who is an editor-at-large of the far-right news outlet The Daily Caller, recently published an op-ed entitled: "Enough Is Enough ... I Choose VIOLENCE!"
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