Are Gainesville Police Cracking Down on Local Progressives? Some Say Yes.
Joel Najera never imagined a $10 GoFundMe donation would land him in jail.
Last week, the candidate for Gainesville ISD school board turned himself in after learning he had a warrant out for his arrest for "online impersonation." Najera had made a contribution to a local anti-racist organization under the Gainesville police chief’s name, prompting an investigation.
Home to some 17,000 people as of 2019, according to the U.S. census, Gainesville is located around 70 miles north of Dallas.
Najera is in his final semester of college and looks forward to starting graduate school in the fall, but his ongoing legal battle has been “really distracting.”
Read more: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/pro-gainesville-supporter-arrested-for-donating-to-anti-racist-organization-under-police-chiefs-name-11993345
