The arrest of a US army veteran who protested against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has raised alarms among legal experts and fellow veterans familiar with his service in Afghanistan.

Bajun Mavalwalla II – a former army sergeant who survived a roadside bomb blast on a special operations mission in Afghanistan – was charged in July with “conspiracy to impede or injure officers” after joining a demonstration against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) in Spokane, Washington.

Legal experts say the case marks an escalation in the administration’s attacks on first amendment rights. Afghanistan war veterans who know him say the case against Mavalwalla appears unjust.

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[–] 51 points 1 year ago (5 children)

"Alarm"

.. fuck off the place is on fire

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    the place is on fire

    Which is typically when you heed an alarm...

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Alarms exist to alert you when the dangers are not immediately obvious, or are somewhere else. The US is on fire both figuratively and literally and people are waiting for the alarms to go off before the even decide to start thinking about maybe doing something.

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