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Post by avordvet on Mar 27, 2012 14:46:57 GMT -5
Well, well, Looks like we called it right again... Conspiracy charges dropped against Hutaree militiaBy Ed White, The Associated Press, Posted Mar 27, 2012 @ 02:21 PM Last update Mar 27, 2012 @ 02:43 PM A federal judge dismissed the most serious charges Tuesday against seven members of a Michigan militia who were rounded up as homegrown extremists accused of plotting war against the U.S., saying their expressed hatred of law enforcement didn't amount to conspiracy against the government. The decision is an embarrassment for the government, which secretly planted an informant and an FBI agent inside the Hutaree militia four years ago and claimed members were armed for war in rural southern Michigan. www.lenconnect.com/news/x760603534/Critical-charges-dropped-against-Hutaree-militia
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Post by brocktownsend on Mar 27, 2012 15:02:07 GMT -5
Good deal and posted.
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Post by midnightrider on Mar 27, 2012 16:35:34 GMT -5
Be nice if it got some air time. HEY FOX NEWS HELLO?
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Post by hefferman1 on Mar 27, 2012 17:02:06 GMT -5
You guys beat me to it. I'm glad they were aquitted. I still think they are a little nuts with the racial issues.
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Post by stoner44magnum on Mar 28, 2012 5:32:17 GMT -5
A little spark of liberty is still alive in some places. While I disagreed with just about everything these folks stood for, I do believe they had the right to say what they did. The 1st Amendment was not penned to protect comfortable speech. It was penned to protect speech that just may offend someone which in reality is about the only type of speech that needs protected.
I'm surprised this judge didn't take the easy way out and just hand the case over to the jury and wash her hands of it.
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Post by midnightrider on Mar 28, 2012 7:03:34 GMT -5
I knew some who did know a few of them. The comments weren't of high regard. A bit out there you might say.
I too am glad they were aquitted.
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Post by aronatbc on Mar 28, 2012 7:48:18 GMT -5
Acquitted of conspiracy, sounds like the Feds are still going to make a BS firearms charge stick.
Still not sure how they get away with that considering "shall not be infringed"... ;-\
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