(3/3 about #Minnesota Cities Church ICE protest federal charges)As for the facts alleged by the prosecution, we can see that the organizers of the protest (if these listed facts are true):--Used unencrypted text messages to communicate details, including a video of critical planning--Had internet searches related to the action saved on a cell phone--Promoted the event (without exact details) via instagram and facebook, on which several people now charged also indicated their attendance--And of course, the entire protest from the off-site briefing to the end of the event was livestreamed by the invited journalists.I didn't have to watch some of that video to tell you that most of the protest attendees wore distinctive clothing, but no mask. While this fact, and the social media posts, likely contributed to the DOJ identifying nearly all of those in attendance, it also seems likely that there may have some surveillance happening not mentioned in the publicly available documents so far.Again, these defendants absolutely 100% deserve out support - most of them came to a simple, fairly run of the mill protest not knowing what to expect, led by activists they (arguably should not have) trusted, and now are facing federal charges. But this action could have done differently and part of resisting state repression is learning from that.
