The ruling by the judge, Cormac J. Carney, found that prosecutors had unfairly engaged in “a selective prosecution” against the two men — members of the Rise Above Movement, or R.A.M.
— and targeted them chiefly because of their vitriolic speech and white supremacist ideology.
While Judge Carney acknowledged that he found the ideas that the movement promoted “reprehensible,” he also said it was “constitutionally impermissible” to bring charges against one group, but not the other, based on politics alone.
members such as defendants while ignoring the violence of members of antifa and related far-left groups because R.A.M.
engaged in what the government and many believe is more offensive speech,” he wrote.
Persons:
counterprotesters, Cormac J, Carney, Judge Carney, ”, R.A.M
Organizations:
Nazi, Trump
Locations:
California