Penelope Rivera

The defense attorney wore a t-shirt featuring historic American civil rights leaders.

It appeared to be in honor of Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday morning.

The judge said the shirt was inappropriate, abruptly stopping jury selection and announcing a mistrial.

Amber Lowry, whose sister is one of the defendants, said it was frustrating for the defendants' loved ones.

Both sides will return to pick from a new jury pool Monday, and the defense lawyer could face sanctions.

For NPR News, I'm Penelope Rivera in Fort Worth.

So the people that gathered there that night said that it was meant to be a noise demonstration with fireworks to show solidarity with those inside the facility.

According to the affidavit, 11 people showed up around 10.30 p.m., and some people started setting off fireworks while others graffitied cars in the parking lot.

Then 20 minutes later, when a local police officer arrived, someone from a nearby woods began shooting.

Those 11 protesters were arrested for being there that night, but there's now 19 people total charged for having an alleged connection to the incident.

But different defendants face different charges.

So what's unique about it in this case is the type of charges that the federal government has filed.

Eight people are facing providing material to support terrorist charges.

One of the nine is accused of attempted murder of a federal officer.

The U.S.

Attorney's Office called the indictment against the nine defendants the first in the country against a group of violent Antifa cell members.

Jason Blazakis, executive director of the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism,

So there's no doubt that something bad happened the night of July 4th.

But he says it's a stretch to connect this case to prosecute protesters as members of Antifa.

Last September, the Trump administration declared Antifa a domestic terrorist organization, and it's the first of its kind in history.