Posted on 07/08/2012 4:00:20 PM PDT by marktwain
Thomas Piatek, member of the Hutaree militia, was charged with plotting to kill police officers and overthrow the government, but was acquitted by a judge in March who cited insuffient evidence.
An admitted militiaman got 41 guns and more than 100,000 rounds of ammunition back from the government Friday.
The guns were confiscated when Thomas Piatek and six other members of the Hutaree militia were arrested in 2009 on charges that they planned to kill police officers and overthrow the government. He was acquitted in March, when a federal judge, Victoria Roberts, found there was insufficient evidence in the case. Piatek and the others then petitioned to get their weapons back.
The implements of destructions — which included an AK-47, handguns, shotguns, crossbows and swords — required two trips to take home, according to TV station WLS.
When Piatek arrived to pick up his property from the Hammond, Ind., police station, he was already packing heat.
“Just a piece, you know, whatever," Piatek said, according to WLS. "You got a phone, keys, whatever. It ain't a thing with me."
Other members of the militia also got their guns back, but none had a collection to rival Piatek’s.
Piatek also got back military helmets, bulletproof vests, $100 cash and his cell phone, the Detroit Free Press reports.
The judge let weapons charges stand against two members of the militia, including its leader, David Stone Sr. Both pleaded guilty to possessing a machine gun, a federal crime.
“This is a victory for the Constitution," Piatek's lawyer Arthur Weiss, who accompanied his client, said.
jfields@nydailynews.com
This judge is a black female Clinton appointee. It sounds like the feds were sure that they had convictions locked up and she slapped them down.
Had a similar militia in Alaska in the news, except they were convicted.
First off the Feds WILL go after a private militia.
Instead the individuals states, especially red states opting out of Obamacare should offer to “cover” these groups providing they pass muster of key requirements.
Now we have the beginning of a Continental Militia, cells of smaller militia groups all sworn to defend the state and the Constitution.
The Clinton selection team must have really messed up. It sounds as though this judge has some integrity.
“This judge is a black female Clinton appointee. It sounds like the feds were sure that they had convictions locked up and she slapped them down.”
She should, as “The Racist Origins Of Gun Control” defines so well.
Google it, you will enjoy it.
What is an “admitted militiaman”?
Isn’t every able bodied male between the ages of 15 and 60 a member of the militia?
I’m well aware of Dr Ossian Sweet and the origins of gun control in Michigan.
The estimated numbers of Militia in Michigan are around 20,000. Pro militia sentiment is considerably larger.
“This judge is a black female Clinton appointee. It sounds like the feds were sure that they had convictions locked up and she slapped them down.”
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Hats off to her.
And yet... Dearbornistan...
Dearborn is a couple square miles of a fairly large state and the total muslim population of the state is only around 1%. I only live some 70 miles away and haven’t seen a muslim in years.
I remember when this story first broke that it sounded like a bunch of leftist propaganda. Part of an effort to deflect attention away from Muslim and left-wing terrorists and pretend that it was right-wing militias that were the real danger.
It was obvious that they had done nothing wrong. But it’s good to know that there is an honest judge out there, who refused to go along with the lies.
I don’t think its a recent thing. I think it actually goes back to the days when Michigan was a territory. My great grandmother used to speak of the state militia.
“Raaht, [we]’ve been watchin’ ‘em.”*
...and should they come out...
We’ve been ready since 9/11.
*Chuck Yeager, over Europe in WW2, on receiving a spot report of German fighters in the area
There are a good many middle eastern Christians in Michigan who would like a crack at them too.
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