It’s an insurrection. Trump is ignoring the US Constitution.
RoosterMedical on
That might get her elected.
Snoo61755 on
Oh look, the private army is trying to lock up political opponents.
Golly gee.
gergek on
Now *THIS* looks a lot like Russia.
FrostPDP on
Kat is out there fighting the fight while Schumer, Jeffries, and my own “democratic” Rep Tom Suozzi all sit on the sidelines. Suozzi was too afraid to go to a No Kings rally, let alone fight like Kat is fighting.
She’s showing what our leadership SHOULD be doing, but isn’t. Don’t ever ask, “What more do you expect them to do.”
StrangerFew2424 on
Way to make her even more popular…
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The indictment specifically accuses Abughazaleh, among others, with banging aggressively on the agent’s side and back windows, hood, and other areas; pushing against it to “hinder and impede its movement,” and etching the word “PIG” on the car.
this is a federl crime now. unreal.
Ancient_Popcorn on
Trump did say he took away the freedom of speech.
CaydeTheCat on
She isn’t my preferred candidate (I reside in the district and am almost certainly going to vote for Biss) but this is a load of pure horseshit.
civil_politician on
I’m pretty sure I saw a bunch of shit about how you can’t imprison someone actively campaigning.
ProtonBroward on
No such thing as bad publicity. Go Kat!
vox_popul1 on
Does she have a legal fund set up?
LividTacos on
Causing an ICE agent to have to drive more slowly is now a crime…..
EDIT: I’m reading the indictment, and let me quote it here:
>On or about September 26, 2025, at approximately 7:45 a.m., Agent A was wearing civilian clothes driving a government-owned vehicle (the “Government Vehicle”) to the BSSA to report for his official duties. Agent A’s official duties at the BSSA included supervising logistics such as intake, processing, bedspace and transportation coordination for those temporarily detained in Broadview, communicating with upper management and federal partners to manage operations and ensure necessary supplies and proper staffing levels, and responding to requests for information, both internally and from the public
>On or about September 26, 2025, at Broadview, in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, MICHAEL RABBITT, KATHERINE MARIE ABUGHAZALEH, ANDRE MARTIN, CATHERINE SHARP, BRIAN STRAW, and JOSELYN WALSH, defendants herein, conspired with one another and others, known and unknown, to prevent by force, intimidation, and threat, Agent A, a United States law enforcement officer, from discharging the duties of his office, and to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, and while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, and to injure his property so as to interrupt, hinder, and impede him in the discharge of his official duties.
If he was driving to report to his duties….THEN HE WASN’T ON DUTY. Therefore they could not have interfered with his duties because he wasn’t doing them yet. When I worked for the government, I was once late due to a traffic jam, I don’t recall the government suing everyone in front of me for interfering with my duty?
Distinct_Sun on
This is pure fascism
W031zMe on
Fuck the Department of Injustice!
7ddlysuns on
Remember Judy duty is a thing you should seek out.
DeweyPLlama on
>The indictment, which was filed Oct. 23, alleges that Abughazaleh “physically hindered and impeded” an agent who was “forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed to avoid injuring any of the conspirators.” Abughazaleh was charged alongside Michael Rabbitt, Andre Martin, Catherine Sharp, Brian Straw, and Joselyn Walsh.
>The indictment alleges that the group “conspired with one another and others, known and unknown, to prevent by force, intimidation, and threat, Agent A, a United States law enforcement officer, from discharging the duties of his office, and to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, and while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, and to injure his property so as to interrupt, hinder, and impede him in the discharge of his official duties.”
A federal indictment for standing in front of a car and getting shoved to the ground by a masked militant.
This is our tax dollars at work.
liburIL on
Got to love this shit. After this is over, she should sue.
wibble17 on
They are only helping her campaign
FluidFisherman6843 on
Like every other case like this, I hope at least one person on the jury is familiar with jury nullification.
BrilliantCorner on
>an agent who was “forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed
OH. MY. GOD. Is the agent ok?
dtallee on
Unfuckingbelievable.
If you say the things the nazis said and do the things the nazis did, what are you?
Prestigious_Series28 on
here to say let’s see what the grand jury says. betcha they don’t move forward!
SlaterVBenedict on
Oh, so fucking Nazi shit.
Mxy2ptlk on
“forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed…” My God, this is police brutality!😭😫
> The indictment alleges that the group “conspired with one another and others, known and unknown, to prevent by force, intimidation, and threat, Agent A, a United States law enforcement officer, from discharging the duties of his office, and to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, and while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, and to injure his property so as to interrupt, hinder, and impede him in the discharge of his official duties.”
Very weird way to describe “standing in the path of a vehicle”
Was she hindering the agent? Probably, that was the point. But “forcing him to drive at very slow speeds” is not injury or threat.
This administration would prosecute Tiananmen Square guy.
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From the article:
[A special federal grand jury has indicted Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh alongside other protesters who allegedly blocked vehicles outside of a federal immigration facility in Broadview, Illinois. The indictment, which was filed Oct. 23, alleges that Abughazaleh “physically hindered and impeded” an agent who was “forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed to avoid injuring any of the conspirators.”]
Let’s get ready to indict every jaywalker who’s ever passed in front of a car, then. Great use of taxpayer money and our already-stretched-thin court system. But, as they say, you can indict a ham sandwich.
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1st amendment rights.
It’s an insurrection. Trump is ignoring the US Constitution.
That might get her elected.
Oh look, the private army is trying to lock up political opponents.
Golly gee.
Now *THIS* looks a lot like Russia.
Kat is out there fighting the fight while Schumer, Jeffries, and my own “democratic” Rep Tom Suozzi all sit on the sidelines. Suozzi was too afraid to go to a No Kings rally, let alone fight like Kat is fighting.
She’s showing what our leadership SHOULD be doing, but isn’t. Don’t ever ask, “What more do you expect them to do.”
Way to make her even more popular…
The indictment specifically accuses Abughazaleh, among others, with banging aggressively on the agent’s side and back windows, hood, and other areas; pushing against it to “hinder and impede its movement,” and etching the word “PIG” on the car.
this is a federl crime now. unreal.
Trump did say he took away the freedom of speech.
She isn’t my preferred candidate (I reside in the district and am almost certainly going to vote for Biss) but this is a load of pure horseshit.
I’m pretty sure I saw a bunch of shit about how you can’t imprison someone actively campaigning.
No such thing as bad publicity. Go Kat!
Does she have a legal fund set up?
Causing an ICE agent to have to drive more slowly is now a crime…..
EDIT: I’m reading the indictment, and let me quote it here:
>On or about September 26, 2025, at approximately 7:45 a.m., Agent A was wearing civilian clothes driving a government-owned vehicle (the “Government Vehicle”) to the BSSA to report for his official duties. Agent A’s official duties at the BSSA included supervising logistics such as intake, processing, bedspace and transportation coordination for those temporarily detained in Broadview, communicating with upper management and federal partners to manage operations and ensure necessary supplies and proper staffing levels, and responding to requests for information, both internally and from the public
>On or about September 26, 2025, at Broadview, in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, MICHAEL RABBITT, KATHERINE MARIE ABUGHAZALEH, ANDRE MARTIN, CATHERINE SHARP, BRIAN STRAW, and JOSELYN WALSH, defendants herein, conspired with one another and others, known and unknown, to prevent by force, intimidation, and threat, Agent A, a United States law enforcement officer, from discharging the duties of his office, and to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, and while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, and to injure his property so as to interrupt, hinder, and impede him in the discharge of his official duties.
If he was driving to report to his duties….THEN HE WASN’T ON DUTY. Therefore they could not have interfered with his duties because he wasn’t doing them yet. When I worked for the government, I was once late due to a traffic jam, I don’t recall the government suing everyone in front of me for interfering with my duty?
This is pure fascism
Fuck the Department of Injustice!
Remember Judy duty is a thing you should seek out.
>The indictment, which was filed Oct. 23, alleges that Abughazaleh “physically hindered and impeded” an agent who was “forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed to avoid injuring any of the conspirators.” Abughazaleh was charged alongside Michael Rabbitt, Andre Martin, Catherine Sharp, Brian Straw, and Joselyn Walsh.
>The indictment alleges that the group “conspired with one another and others, known and unknown, to prevent by force, intimidation, and threat, Agent A, a United States law enforcement officer, from discharging the duties of his office, and to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, and while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, and to injure his property so as to interrupt, hinder, and impede him in the discharge of his official duties.”
A federal indictment for standing in front of a car and getting shoved to the ground by a masked militant.
This is our tax dollars at work.
Got to love this shit. After this is over, she should sue.
They are only helping her campaign
Like every other case like this, I hope at least one person on the jury is familiar with jury nullification.
>an agent who was “forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed
OH. MY. GOD. Is the agent ok?
Unfuckingbelievable.
If you say the things the nazis said and do the things the nazis did, what are you?
here to say let’s see what the grand jury says. betcha they don’t move forward!
Oh, so fucking Nazi shit.
“forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed…” My God, this is police brutality!😭😫
[CBS has details](https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kat-abughazaleh-protesters-indicted-broadview-ice-facility/) on the other defendants. It’s not just Abughazaleh who’s being targeted for political reasons.
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> The indictment alleges that the group “conspired with one another and others, known and unknown, to prevent by force, intimidation, and threat, Agent A, a United States law enforcement officer, from discharging the duties of his office, and to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, and while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, and to injure his property so as to interrupt, hinder, and impede him in the discharge of his official duties.”
Very weird way to describe “standing in the path of a vehicle”
Was she hindering the agent? Probably, that was the point. But “forcing him to drive at very slow speeds” is not injury or threat.
This administration would prosecute Tiananmen Square guy.
From the article:
[A special federal grand jury has indicted Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh alongside other protesters who allegedly blocked vehicles outside of a federal immigration facility in Broadview, Illinois. The indictment, which was filed Oct. 23, alleges that Abughazaleh “physically hindered and impeded” an agent who was “forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed to avoid injuring any of the conspirators.”]
Let’s get ready to indict every jaywalker who’s ever passed in front of a car, then. Great use of taxpayer money and our already-stretched-thin court system. But, as they say, you can indict a ham sandwich.
Putin jails political opponents too.
Will be easily tossed. Nothing more than show.