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Pro-Palestinian arsonist sentenced to 19 years in prison for bombing police car in Berkeley

JL;DR SUMMARY Casey Goonan, a pro-Palestinian activist, was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for firebombing a police vehicle and attempting other incendiary attacks during protests in Berkeley, California, in 2024. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Palestinian ActivismBerkeleyPolitical PrisonersPeaceful ProtestPro Palestinian MovementFirebombingCasey GoonanPolice VehicleU.S. Federal PrisonMilitant Activism

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Berkeley, California, United States
"A pro-Palestinian activist who pleaded guilty to firebombing a police vehicle in Berkeley, California, last year, was sentenced this week to 19 years in federal prison."
Oakland, California, United States
"Casey Goonan, 35, also admitted to targeting other sites, including the University of California, Berkeley and a federal building in Oakland, with fires and Molotov cocktails in the name of Palestinian liberation."
Irvine, California, United States
"They then earned a bachelors degree in ethnic studies from the University of California, Irvine and, in 2022, a doctorate in African American Studies from Northwestern University, where the student newspaper reported that they were part of the critical theory program."
Evanston, Illinois, United States
"They then earned a bachelors degree in ethnic studies from the University of California, Irvine and, in 2022, a doctorate in African American Studies from Northwestern University, where the student newspaper reported that they were part of the critical theory program."

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