The Trump administration says it's going to declare Antifa to be a terrorist organization.
Politico reported in 2017 that the Department of Homeland Security "Classified their activities as 'domestic terrorist violence.'" But an even more more official classification of Antifa as a domestic terrorist group "Bestows a new class of investigatory powers on the Department of Justice," says the Pacific Standard.
Because Antifa is leaderless, investigating and prosecuting its crimes is a tall hurdle for law enforcement because the focus has to be on individuals maiming and pillaging under the Antifa flag.
Novelist, lawyer, retired Army colonel, and columnist Kurt Schlicter has tweeted an open memo to the White House outlining how a terrorist designation for Antifa would work.
"The pressure point for the Antifa terrorists is federal law-enforcement. Federal law criminalizes their use of interstate organizational activities. Fed is not under the control of leftist DAs, police chiefs & mayors. For too long you had Democrat cities pulling back police & releasing rioters immediately w/o serious charges."
"A portion of Antifa movement members are willing to commit crimes to promote their beliefs," says the Congressional Research Service, and have "a willingness to engage in criminality - taking the law into their own hands - when confronting their foes or expressing their own ideas."
He not long ago tweeted a photo of himself holding an Antifa handbook, saying he had "Just found the book that strike fear in the heart of" Trump.
Politico reported in 2017 that the Department of Homeland Security "Classified their activities as 'domestic terrorist violence.'" But an even more more official classification of Antifa as a domestic terrorist group "Bestows a new class of investigatory powers on the Department of Justice," says the Pacific Standard.
Because Antifa is leaderless, investigating and prosecuting its crimes is a tall hurdle for law enforcement because the focus has to be on individuals maiming and pillaging under the Antifa flag.
Novelist, lawyer, retired Army colonel, and columnist Kurt Schlicter has tweeted an open memo to the White House outlining how a terrorist designation for Antifa would work.
"The pressure point for the Antifa terrorists is federal law-enforcement. Federal law criminalizes their use of interstate organizational activities. Fed is not under the control of leftist DAs, police chiefs & mayors. For too long you had Democrat cities pulling back police & releasing rioters immediately w/o serious charges."
"A portion of Antifa movement members are willing to commit crimes to promote their beliefs," says the Congressional Research Service, and have "a willingness to engage in criminality - taking the law into their own hands - when confronting their foes or expressing their own ideas."
He not long ago tweeted a photo of himself holding an Antifa handbook, saying he had "Just found the book that strike fear in the heart of" Trump.
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