Eight individuals convicted of terrorism charges related to a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms. One demonstrator, Benjamin Song, received a 100-year sentence for shooting and wounding a police officer during the incident on July 4. Other protesters, linked to antifa, were also sentenced to multiple decades in federal prison, according to AP.
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