from the open publishing newswire: This past week, Bradley Crowder was sentenced to 24 months and David McKay was sentenced to 48 months for constructing molotov cocktails with the help and inducement of snitch Brandon Darby, which were then left in a basement and never used.

After his first federal trial ended in a hung jury, Texan David McKay pled guilty in a second trial rather than letting his friend from Austin and co-defendant, Bradley Crowder, be manipulated into testifying against him.

The FBI and local prosecutors have been counting on the press and public’s RNC fatigue to be able to continue to present a clearly exaggerated, domestic security threat—a facade which nearly collapsed at McKay’s first trial. At the conclusion of the first trial, a jury of McKay’s peers could not agree to convict him—because it had become clear to several jurors that the scene they were being asked to watch had been staged for months by law enforcement. [read full article]

Brandon Darby was featured in a story on the Chicago Public Radio Show This American Life's May 22nd episode, which presents Darby's narrative and perspective on his cooperation with the FBI. This radio story has been challenged by activists from Austin, as well as by folks from New Orleans examining Darby's patriarchal behavior, and trying to put the FBI's use of informants in social movements in context.
More Info: Free The Texas 2 | BrandonDarby.com | Twin-Cities IMC: Post-RNC Court Updates