Posted on 01/16/2016 4:52:29 AM PST by waterhill
A fugitive who barricaded himself on his 47-acre ranch near Tool and Trinidad for 14 years no longer faces arrest.
Anderson County dropped charges against John Joe Gray. He was arrested in 1999 during a traffic stop on charges of carrying a pistol without a concealed handgun license and assaulting a law enforcement officer during a scuffle that included Gray biting the officer.
Gray bonded out of jail and refused to return to court to face charges, although he promised a judge he would, according to a Southern Poverty Law Center report that suggested Gray might be a member of an anti-government militia.
He and his family guarded their property with weapons, which was also contrary to the judge's ruling, and they posted a sign saying, "When people fear the government there is tyranny. When government fears the people there is freedom."
In Texas, southeast of DFW.
In Texas, southeast of DFW.
So this guy never left his ranch for 14 years?
Southern Poverty Law Center = a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Communist Lawyers’ Union.
Henderson County, not Anderson.
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Self-imposed house arrest
Southern Poverty Law Center = a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Communist Lawyers’ Union.
Exactly. I read an interview a few years ago and the two head honchos said they were strictly in it for the money and would go where the money is.
anti-government militia = anyone believing the contract, known as the Constitution, should be followed to the letter.
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