DALLAS—Defense attorneys in the North Texas Antifa trial questioned whether an Alvarado police officer would have been shot in the neck if he had kept his gun holstered during a protest that turned violent.
Defense attorneys also laid the groundwork to exclude guns, body armor, and anti-government paraphernalia found in backpacks at the scene by accusing officers of illegally searching their clients’ backpacks as the first week of the trial drew to a close Friday.
The Fort Worth trial is expected to last three weeks.
Members of Antifa, short for “anti-fascist,” have not faced terrorism-related charges until now, despite being involved in organized protests across the country that have at times turned violent….
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