Sara Van Horn

Sara Van Horn is a journalist based in Texas. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Nation, In These Times, and n+1, among others. She is currently a James A. Michener Fellow at the Michener Center for Writers.

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FORTH WORTH, TEXAS - JULY 1: A sign that reads FREE THE PRAIRIELAND DEFENDANTS is taped to a post outside of the Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Two judges sentenced seven defendants in the Prairieland Detention Center attack in the federal court Wednesday. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images)

Chilling Dissent

What the Prairieland Jury Never Got to Hear

Adam Federman, Sara Van Horn

- 5:00 am

Lawyers for an anti-ICE protester tried to argue his shot was a ricochet. The theory was squashed by gaps in the evidence and a judge’s suppression.

Sara Van Horn

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What the Prairieland Jury Never Got to Hear

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