If it were true that Desiree Fairooz was convicted by a jury for laughing at our KKK-type Attorney General Jefferson (Davis) Beauregard Sessions, I would give up on this country. But Fairooz was convicted of struggling with police officers sent to evict her from the hearing--and that is sad.
I assume that the authorities had the right to expel people, but people also had the right to engage in a nonviolent protest. Fairooz should not have been charged. She should not have been tried. The jury should not have convicted her. She should not face jail time. But the jury failed us, as did the prosecutor. I hope that the judge has read the Constitution. The right to dissent, when faced with lies and authoritarianism, is crucial.
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