Convicted for leaving water for migrants in the desert: This is Trump's justice

[G_j]

https://wapo.st/2FSgJTu?tid=ss_fb&utm_term=.5227ece4013b


A FEW weeks ago, federal prosecutors in Arizona secured a conviction against four humanitarian aid workers who left water in the desert for migrants who might otherwise die of heat exposure and thirst. Separately, they dropped manslaughter charges against a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired 16 times across the border, killing a teenage Mexican boy. The aid workers face a fine and up to six months in jail. The Border Patrol officer faces no further legal consequences.

That is a snapshot of twisted frontier justice in the age of Trump. Save a migrant’s life, and you risk becoming a political prisoner. Kill a Mexican teenager, and you walk free.

The four aid workers, all women, were volunteers in service to an organization, No More Deaths, whose religious views inform its mission to prevent undocumented migrants from dying during their perilous northward trek. They drove into the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, about 100 miles southwest of Phoenix, to leave water jugs along with some canned beans.

The women — Natalie Hoffman, Oona Holcomb, Madeline Huse and Zaachila Orozco-McCormick — made no effort to conceal their work. Confronted by a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officer, they said they believed everyone deserved access to basic survival needs. One of them, Ms. Orozco-McCormick, compared the wildlife refuge to a graveyard, such is the ubiquity of human remains there.

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[Kurt V.]

1. It's the culture ot cruelty. like feeding homeless ppl can be a crime

or the teacher that said a student was her son so he could get medical care. on and on.

[malaise]

2. But but but

They're teaching bible class in some states

[SCantiGOP]

3. I doubt they will get jail time

And I am certain millions of people will step up and offer to cover the fines.
This is analogous to convicting the people who ran the Underground Railroad 200 years ago.

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

[SCantiGOP]

5. I went back and read the article

and now I’m furious.
I had assumed they were tried under some law about aiding the migrants in breaking the law. They were basically convicted of littering for leaving water for people who might need it to survive.

I’m sure they have a lot of very competent and dedicated lawyers handling their appeals for free, and I hope they pursue this as far as necessary to get this bullshit overturned.
This would be like convicting someone for housebreaking if they kicked in a door to save someone from a fire.

[G_j]

6. Exactly

using a littering law to convict someone who is trying to save lives. Not only is it BS, it’s downright evil.
Incidentally, Natalie Hoffman is the daughter of a friend.
He is very concerned, but also very proud of her!

[SCantiGOP]

7. Thanks for posting this

This story needs more exposure.