A Florida Anarchist Will Spend Years in Prison for Online Posts Prompted by Jan. 6 Riot

On Tuesday, a Florida judge sentenced Daniel Baker, an anti-fascist activist, to 44 months in federal prison for social media posts that called for armed defense against possible far-right attacks on the state’s Capitol in the wake of the January 6 riots. Baker, a 34-year-old yoga teacher and emergency medical technician trainee, had no previous criminal convictions and has already been held for 10 months of harsh pretrial detention, including seven months in solitary confinement. He never brought a weapon near a government building; he amassed no armed anti-fascist forces; he made no threats on a single individual.

Read the rest of this article by Natasha Lennard in the Intercept at
https://theintercept.com/2021/10/16/daniel-baker-anarchist-capitol-riot/

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Daniel Baker #25765-509
FDC Tallahassee
501 Capital Circle NE
Tallahassee, Fl 32301