Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2023/7/31/newburgh_four" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2023/7/31/new</span><span class="invisible">burgh_four</span></a> </p><p>For the past 14 years, relatives of four men <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/jailed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>jailed</span></a> on <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>terrorism</span></a> charges in Newburgh, New York, have accused the FBI of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/entrapment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>entrapment</span></a>. On Thursday, a federal judge agreed and ordered the release of three of the men known as the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NewburghFour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NewburghFour</span></a>: David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payen. In a stunning decision, the judge accused the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FBI</span></a> of inventing a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conspiracy</span></a>.<br />To be <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/exonerated3" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>exonerated3</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AbolishTheFBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AbolishTheFBI</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/qualifiedimmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>qualifiedimmunity</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/corruptscotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruptscotus</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/racialprofiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>racialprofiling</span></a></p>