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According to the Complaint and Indictment: Betts made by Facebook post ""I'm just the messenger We're literally sitting on our ass watching the whole country and even others fight for our black rights Y'all think we don't suffer through inequality here EVERYDAY We gotta put Champaign/Urbana on the map mfs gone hear and fear us too. SLIDE let's get busy Justice for George FUCK12." This post was accompanied by a flyer advocating for a riot at Market Place Mall (located at 2000 N. Neil Street, Champaign, Champaign County, in the Central District of Illinois). The flyer (believed by us to be
CHAMPAIGN â A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss the indictment against Shamar Betts, who prosecutors have charged with using Facebook to incite a riot this spring at Market Place Mall. Federal Public Defenders Elisabeth Pollock and Thomas Drysdale had argued that the Federal Anti-Riot Act was unconstitutional because it criminalizes protected First Amendment speech and doesnât apply to Bettsâ case. U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm said in a decision issued Monday that he was bound by precedent, which has upheld the law. He also concluded that the law wasnât uncon...