{"id":61281,"date":"2015-08-08T09:27:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T13:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61281"},"modified":"2015-08-08T09:59:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T13:59:25","slug":"lawyers-motion-isis-is-not-a-terrorist-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61281","title":{"rendered":"Lawyers’ motion: ISIS is not a terrorist organization"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are seven people facing a trial in Minneapolis later this year and their defense attorneys have filed scads of motions trying to frame the case against their clients, according to the Star Tribune<\/a>. One motion disputes the charges that they were supporting a terrorist organization. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the group has adopted partly violent and repressive tactics, and engages in military and insurgency attacks against the Syrian and Iraqi armies, it has also embarked on a systematic process of civilian governance over the eight to 10 million people with the territory it controls,\u201d attorneys said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Essentially, the lawyers claim that because ISIS builds roads and schools, it is a government, not a terrorist organization;<\/p>\n

\u201cMere travel to Syria, or willingness to \u2018join\u2019 ISIL, cannot constitutionally be equated with material support. Accordingly, the material support statute is void,\u201d the attorneys argued.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Also in dispute is the amount of security at the courthouse where the trial will be held. The lawyers claim that a large number of police officers, Homeland Security officers and a bomb sniffing dog will prejudice the jury against their clients.<\/p>\n

\u201c \u2026 The security appears not to be designed to protect against potential danger posed by the accused but, rather, perceived danger from members of the Somali community who are not accused of any crime.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not as much as a terrorist attack on the courthouse will prejudice the jury, though, I’m guessing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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