Preemptive prosecution singles out Muslims, not armed militia groups.

Evidence

Nobody bothers them because indoctrination and weapons training is constitutionally protected free speech and exercise of the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The criminal line is crossed only when such groups conspire to commit a specific crime. However, preemptive prosecution makes an exception for Muslims. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 610

Categorization

• XREF: This precisely explains the mechanism behind the earlier claim ‘Preemptive prosecution domesticates preemptive war by jailing supposed potential terrorists’ — the legal-threshold asymmetry is the machinery of Muslim racialization. — connects to: Preemptive prosecution is applied to Muslims but not to armed white militias — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 488; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act enforcement targeted Muslims despite neutral wording. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 259

Broader Connections

• Preemptive prosecution is applied to Muslims but not to armed white militias #corroborates (0.95) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 488
• Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act enforcement targeted Muslims despite neutral wording. #corroborates (0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 259