Baltimore Bookstore Plans July 4 Fundraiser for Convicted Antifa Defendants and Minnesota Protesters

Red Emma’s bookstore in Baltimore announced plans Thursday for a Friday event called “F* The 4th” to raise money for nine individuals convicted in a July 4, 2025 terrorist attack in Texas and 15 charged with conspiring to impede law enforcement in Minnesota.

” It stated that the American government is waging war on dissent and that people who opposed the deportation machine and the camps are being targeted and punished by the state. Jurors convicted the nine Texas defendants in March of attempted murder, supporting terrorism, riot, gun and explosives charges, and corruptly concealing incriminating records after they attacked a migrant detention center in Alvarado.

A police officer was shot during the attack and survived. The case marked the Justice Department’s first prosecution explicitly targeting the “antifascist” movement as terrorists. The defendants, nicknamed the “Prairieland 9,” received sentences ranging from 30 to 100 years.

Seven additional individuals convicted in the same attack were sentenced to between two and 50 years. The Justice Department charged the 15 Minnesota defendants in June with banding together to stalk, harm, and impede federal agents and destroy government property during a Trump-backed deportation surge that sparked riots.

Leftist activists have raised funds for the Texas convicts through the DFW Support Committee, which shared Red Emma’s post.

Thousands are scheduled to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday alongside President Donald Trump on Washington’s National Mall throughout the weekend.