Jun 29, 2026 · 40 min · 13 segments
Albert, a member of the DFW Support Committee and close friend of Prairieland defendants, joins Outlaw to break down what you need to know about the extreme sentences that came down on June 23, 2026…
It sounds like you've been in very close touch or I'm assuming at least outside the courthouse with people's loved ones and supporters from around the country.
I'm just curious if there's anything else you want to share about what that's been like to get to this point in this process with everyone?
One of our main goals as a committee has been to try to build community around this case, because that was one of the main things that they were trying to destroy in this case, right? They were trying to destroy, they were even trying to criminalize community, saying the fact that Maricela said the word community to Dez over the jail phone is evidence of a conspiracy, right? You know, community is not a conspiracy.
It's what life is, it's the substance of life, you know? So we've been trying to build community, and it's been one of the more beautiful aspects of supporting folks around this case.
We've had dinners actually every week since trial.
We had dinners every day, I believe, maybe during trial for people to decompress and talk and share stories.
And during the trial, it was sort of to be elated because the facts were so much on our side that were coming out.
And, um, So we've been trying to do a lot of that.
And it's been really nice.
I mean, the fact is these defendants were not a homogenous group by any means.
They were sort of essentially random.
It's an activist scene, like many people might be familiar with activist scenes.
The So I didn't know most of the defendants' families or their close friends or spouses or whatever.
And getting to know them and getting to share in this experience has been intense at times, but also very beautiful.
And it's been really cool to see people grow and get stronger and feel braver, watching people grow.
who, at the beginning of this, were very scared to talk to the press, now running over and, you know, giving really amazing interviews to the press, or people who had never been to an action before coming to the noise demonstrations we held outside the Tarrant County Jail during trial, and seeing people, you know, that feeling of having their voice sort of echoed off the buildings is a powerful thing.
And, you know, I think that, Repression is a horrible part of political organizing, and we're in a horrible moment in history with regards to it.
But the opportunity of repression is always that it deepens our movement, deepens our commitment to each other, and it can be the foundation of bigger things coming out of it.
It sounds like you've been in very close touch or I'm assuming at least outside the courthouse with people's loved ones and supporters from around the country.
I'm just curious if there's anything else you want to share about what that's been like to get to this point in this process with everyone?
One of our main goals as a committee has been to try to build community around this case, because that was one of the main things that they were trying to destroy in this case, right? They were trying to destroy, they were even trying to criminalize community, saying the fact that Maricela said the word community to Dez over the jail phone is evidence of a conspiracy, right? You know, community is not a conspiracy.
It's what life is, it's the substance of life, you know? So we've been trying to build community, and it's been one of the more beautiful aspects of supporting folks around this case.
We've had dinners actually every week since trial.
We had dinners every day, I believe, maybe during trial for people to decompress and talk and share stories.
And during the trial, it was sort of to be elated because the facts were so much on our side that were coming out.
And, um, So we've been trying to do a lot of that.
And it's been really nice.
I mean, the fact is these defendants were not a homogenous group by any means.
They were sort of essentially random.
It's an activist scene, like many people might be familiar with activist scenes.
The So I didn't know most of the defendants' families or their close friends or spouses or whatever.
And getting to know them and getting to share in this experience has been intense at times, but also very beautiful.
And it's been really cool to see people grow and get stronger and feel braver, watching people grow.
who, at the beginning of this, were very scared to talk to the press, now running over and, you know, giving really amazing interviews to the press, or people who had never been to an action before coming to the noise demonstrations we held outside the Tarrant County Jail during trial, and seeing people, you know, that feeling of having their voice sort of echoed off the buildings is a powerful thing.
And, you know, I think that, Repression is a horrible part of political organizing, and we're in a horrible moment in history with regards to it.
But the opportunity of repression is always that it deepens our movement, deepens our commitment to each other, and it can be the foundation of bigger things coming out of it.
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