It isn’t very often that I feel like judges throw the book at criminals in this country. But when it comes to Antifa terrorist attacks, it seems like U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor has had enough.
An Antifa anarchist who led an ambush at a Texas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center last year will spend a century behind bars.
Prosecutors claimed former Marine Corps Reservist Benjamin Hanil Song shot an officer during the July 4, 2025, attack before running and hiding from authorities for a week. On Tuesday, he received the maximum sentence, 100 years, for his crimes, which took place at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, according to KXAN.
Seven other Antifa members also received sentences alongside Song, ranging from 30 to 70 years, the outlet reported. In total, the shooters fired roughly 20 to 30 rounds at law enforcement, according to court documents.
I hope this sentencing sends a very clear message to other nutcases out there: you will grow old behind bars if you do this sort of garbage. Our law enforcement should not have to worry about punks trying to assassinate them at work, and I appreciate that Judge O’Connor selected the maximum punishment he could.
Despite LITERALLY SHOOTING A MAN IN HIS NECK, Song’s attorney wants us all to know how innocent these “kids” really are. I’m not joking.
After sentencing, Song’s attorney, Phillip Hayes, denied that the group had any extremist ties, according to KXAN.
This is a bunch of kids and young adults who really have a really big heart and really wanted their voice to be heard,” Hayes said. “It was never intended that anybody get hurt. It was never intended that any shots would be fired.
Well, they were fired. And now those “kids” are going to have years to think about how they could have just made a sign and stood on a corner to protest. Whoops.