Sanchez was first indicted in October on charges of “corruptly concealing a document or record” as a standalone case, but the new indictment merges his charges with those against the other defendants, likely in hopes of burying the First Amendment problems with the case against him under prosecutors’ claims about the alleged shooting.
It’s an escalation of a familiar tactic. In 2023, Georgia prosecutors listed “zine” distribution as part of the conspiracy charges against 61 Stop Cop City protesters in a sprawling RICO indictment that didn’t bother to explain how each individual defendant was involved in any actual crime. I wrote back then about my concern that this wasn’t just sloppy overreach, but also a blueprint for censorship. Those fears have now been validated by Sanchez’s prosecution solely for possessing similar literature.
First they take our cookbook, and now they want our 'zines?!
I saw the cookbook posted just like the other day
I actually wonder if that book is legitimatly illegal or not cuz, yeah. I can totally find it online. That’s how I know it exists! 🤣
I am old enough to remember when its existence was thought of as an urban myth.
It’s heavily revised, usually.
I got my first copy on dot matrix printer paper.