Unlike The Defendants, One Of The Prairieland Judges Is Part Of An Organized Cell Of Extremists

Unlike The Defendants, One Of The Prairieland Judges Is Part Of An Organized Cell Of Extremists

Whether you remember his name or not, you've probably been reading about Judge Reed O'Connor and his judicial malevolence for years. O'Connor is making headlines again for being one of two judges to sentence 15 ICE protestors to a combined 547 years in prison. As the writer Lauren Fadiman pointed out in The Baffler, the media often uses "Prairieland ICE shooting" as a misleading shorthand for the protest. What actually happened is hard to captur…