Vigilante forced to give ranch to illegals -(insane out of control border ruling come true)

Arizona Daily Sun ^ | 8/20/2005 | BETH DeFALCO

[StudentsForBush]

PHOENIX -- An Arizona ranch that once served as the headquarters for a civilian group watching for illegal immigrants has been turned over to two people caught trying to enter the United States illegally.

The ranch was conveyed to satisfy a judgment against its owner, Casey Nethercott, a member of a self-styled border-watch group that seeks to protect private property from illegal immigrants crossing the border from Mexico. Nethercott had been accused of terrorizing the immigrants when he and others caught them in Texas.

Morris Dees Jr., co-founder and chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which

represented the immigrants, said he hoped the ruling would serve as a cautionary tale to landowners or civilian patrols.

"When we got into this case, ranchers all along the border were allowing these types to come on their property," Dees said. "Now, they're very leery of it, especially when they see someone losing their ranch because of it."

The ruling comes as the governors of Arizona and New Mexico declare states of emergency in their border counties, moves designed to free up money for enforcement while drawing more national attention to the problems of illegal immigration.

The transfer of the Douglas ranch outraged border-watch groups.
** FILE ** Casey Nethercott waits in a courtroom in Hebbronnville, Texas, for his trial to start, June 8, 2004. An Arizona ranch that once served as the headquarters for a civilian group watching for illegal immigrants has been turned over to two people caught trying to enter the United States illegally. The ranch was conveyed to satisfy a judgment against its owner, Casey Nethercott, a member of a self-styled border-watch group that seeks to protect private property from illegal immigrants crossing the border from Mexico. Nethercott had been accused of terrorizing the immigrants when he and others caught them in Texas. (AP Photo/The Monitor, German Garcia,

"If the federal government was doing its job, ranchers would not be living in fear," said Chris Simcox, president of Minuteman Civil Defense Corp., a group that watches for illegal immigrant crossings and reports them to the U.S. Border Patrol.

"They can't even protect their own property for fear of these frivolous lawsuits when people are trespassing on property," he said.

Ranchers "are held captive by the federal government who tells them, 'Well, we can't protect you but you can't do anything to protect yourself."'

Simcox disputed the notion, however, that the ruling would deter other landowners from welcoming civilian watch groups. He noted that the Minutemen have a policy against touching the migrants and use video to document their patrols.

Nethercott was part of another group called Ranch Rescue and had founded a group called the Arizona Militia, which he based at his 70-acre ranch in Douglas.

In March 2003, Nethercott, who had previously been convicted of assault in California, was accused of pistol-whipping an illegal immigrant as he and other people from Ranch Rescue patrolled a ranch in Hebbronville, Texas. A jury deadlocked on the charge but convicted him of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Edwin Alfredo Mancía Gonzáles, the man who accused Nethercott of hitting him, and another immigrant traveling with him from El Salvador, Fátima del Socorro Leiva Medina, filed a civil lawsuit last year saying they were harmed while being held by Ranch Rescue members.

Named in the suit were Nethercott; Jack Foote, the founder of Ranch Rescue; and the owners of the Hebbronville ranch, Joe and Betty Sutton.

The Suttons settled for $100,000, Dees said. Nethercott and Foote did not defend themselves, he said.

So in April of this year, a Texas judge issued default judgments of $850,000 against Nethercott and $500,000 against Foote.

Nethercott, serving a five-year prison term for the firearm conviction, transferred ownership of his Douglas ranch to his sister. But the sister gave up ownership of the ranch to settle the judgment when challenged by the immigrants' lawyers.

A message left for Nethercott's family in Prescott and his attorney in Texas were not immediately returned Friday.

Dees said his clients plan to eventually sell the property, which Nethercott bought for $120,000, but would allow humanitarian border groups offering aid to immigrants to use it for now.

Mancía and Leiva declined through Dees to speak to the media.

"They were terrorized. They suffered enormous post-traumatic stress," the attorney said.

Both immigrants remain in the United States and have applied for special visas available to some immigrants who are crime victims.

[Ohioan]

I think most Americans are ready to do whatever it takes to combat this evil.

I hope that you are right. And I would suggest that many start by understanding the whole warped mindset that Morris Dees represents. It is the reason that so many are only willing to shuffle reluctantly into even opposing an open border. But it is not those who want to preserve our lands for our own people who are the bigots. It is the Morris Dees's and those they have turned into guilt ridden apoligists for the heritage that all of us should be defending.

Again, to understand where Morris Dees and this seemingly insane litigation is coming from, see How To Recognize The Bigot In The Argument.

[Prime Choice]

[ExSoldier]

It's too late now. My repect for Americans is beneath contempt. With very few exceptions, they're a bunch of emasculated girlymen looking for big government to protect them and big government is fine as long as it's enforcing their particular pet peeve. I wanna puke.

Couldn't have said better myself. The next 911 is gonna push this country over the edge and it's never coming back. We're cooked.

[asp1]

I hear you and like you I'm sick of it. I'm sick to death of foreign aid. I'm sick to death of illegal aliens destroying the fabric of our society. But mostly I am sick of AMERICANS who willingly throw our way of life in the toilet. I will not vote for any candidate who does not take a stand on this invasion that we are faced with. I write letter (hard copies), until my fingers ache and in response I receive platitudes and consoling letters, but absolutely no plans for combating what we are facing. I want my children to inherit a strong American with a distinct national identity. Not some Balkanized shadow of former greatness. We are allowing foreign lobbies and the enemies within to destroy our country. Damn them.

[tazman3]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1462176/posts

He messed up. But this is an ingenious idea. I'd add a bit of electricity to the fence though. Of course, I'd have signs. "First touch is a shock, second touch is lethal. Cows can read, right?

[Prime Choice]

Now THAT will make you "stand up" and salute!

I'll say. Yowzers. That's why the original is here.

It's from mid-2002 via 9-11justice.org. That's the site I started prior to founding SCB.

[Dog Gone]

If they think we have no where else to go in 2008 they are wrong, I and many others will vote libertarian. If that puts Hilary in the WH, so be it.

The Libertarian Party is the most open-borders party out there, dude.

[South40]

Bush is an abject failure when it comes to protecting our borders.

[brivette]

Thanks for the link!

[South40]

Always trying to outdo somebody, aren't you?

Sheesh...

[Prime Choice]

It's too late now.

It pains me to agree, but I must. This nation has been rotting from within for decades. Its demise is all but certain without a stark return to the basics and an expulsion of all enemies on our soil...foreign and domestic.

[Prime Choice]

Always trying to outdo somebody, aren't you?

Yeah, I'm an attention whore.

...or so I've been reliably informed.

[Archon of the East]

This crap frustrates me and pisses me off to no end. I don't know what the answer is but I know that all liberty this country has gained was fought for. Are we past that stage? I don't know but if we do nothing we are doomed. We may be anyway.

[South40]

Attention whore? lol!

I can live with that. :-)

[Recovering_Democrat]

WHAT A PILE OF CRAP!!

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[Stellar Dendrite]

Dr Savage talked about supporting this man!! Helping to him to hire a lawyer!

Go savage!!

BTW,


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1466891/posts?page=123

To: everyone

Pease let me introduce myself my name is Paul Reithmayer,i'm SGT AT ARMS AZ CHAPTER Ranch Rescue,althought i'm not a spokesperson for RR i would like to say thank you for all the support that i have read in your replies ,A little background on myself i was born in penna. 55 years ago,i came to AZ 26years ago on a 47harley davidson with 25 dollars and 2 pair of jeans,i currently own a small HDrepair shop,and of course i'm waiting for the goverment to show up anyday to take it because of my stance on illegals and there invasion.I was born and rasied a Catholic was a altar boy taught to say the mass in latin blows the racist slurs that they use on me.A vigalante if that means i want to protect my country from the invasion and destruction of our country by the drug smuggling,diseases and disrespect these so called people bring and show for our way of life so be it.Anyway thank you
this is a quto from someone else
Morris Dees is a special kind of fool if he really thinks this sort of
thing will have any effect on the movement or the participation of
people in it. More than that, I think he may eventually regret having
done this and won. His brand of hatred of Americans is no longer
popular, no longer acceptable or even safe.

123 posted on 08/20/2005 1:56:12 PM CDT by paul13usa (Illegitmi non carborundum est!)
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[Ohioan]

You are welcome.

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