Rare sedition charge filed against Oath Keepers was used before -- against Puerto Rican nationalists

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Hundreds have been charged after a pro-Trump mob stormed the United States Capitol, but on Thursday federal prosecutors filed seditious conspiracy charges for the first time in connection with Jan. 6 investigations, against the leader of the far-right organization Oath Keepers and 10 suspected associates.

It marked one of the few instances in which the law — aimed at protecting the government from attacks — has been applied in the nation’s history. While seditious conspiracy charges are rare, they were often used throughout the 20th century — to persecute Puerto Ricans.

Before the Oath Keepers, there were Lolita Lebrón, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa Cordero and Irvin Flores Rodríguez — armed Puerto Rican nationalists who opened fire against members of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1954.

In a time when gag laws were being enacted to quash dissidence in the politically shifting island, some took to revolt, bombings and even a presidential assassination attempt in what they said was a fight for Puerto Rico’s independence. But whether their actions amount to sedition is a question that remains.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/01/15/seditious-conspiracy-charges/

[Poiuyt]

1. I think it was last used a little over a decade ago

Some right wing extremists in Michigan.

I heard that on the radio a couple of days ago, so I don't have any link.

[Hoyt]

2. Would love to see Oath Keepers, 3%ers, Bundy Ranchers, etc., go down hard.