Prosecution of Far-Right but Not Antifa for Same Riots ‘Constitutionally Impermissible’: Judge

The judge found that the government ’selectively prosecuted' two far-right men but not far-left rioters for acts of violence at the same event.

An Antifa extremist pushes a burning recycling bin toward Trump supporters during a free speech rally in Berkeley, Calif., on April 15, 2017. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

A federal judge on Feb. 21 found that the “selective prosecution” of far-right groups without charging their far-left counterparts for the same acts is “constitutionally impermissible.”

U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney therefore dismissed charges against two men from the “white nationalist” Rise Above Movement (RAM) who violently clashed with members of the far-left group Antifa at three Southern California pro-Trump events in 2017.