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TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) - The FBI on Saturday said it had arrested Larry Hopkins, the leader of an armed group that is stopping undocumented migrants after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border into New Mexico.

The arrest came two days after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) accused the group of illegally detaining migrants and New Mexico’s Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered an investigation.,....

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1 posted on 04/21/2019 7:34:42 AM PDT by RevelationDavid
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To: RevelationDavid

Maybe the FBI should stop the Mexican military from crossing the border and disarming US troops.


2 posted on 04/21/2019 7:36:22 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: RevelationDavid

I feel so much safer now. But here’s a wee suggestion. If FBI agents have so much energy why not put them on the border and let THEM detain the people trying to cross illegally? I think the climate and job variation experience would do wonders for their morale.


3 posted on 04/21/2019 7:37:14 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: RevelationDavid

Link to earlier post concerning this event:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3743536/posts


4 posted on 04/21/2019 7:41:28 AM PDT by RevelationDavid
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To: RevelationDavid

So when you see a burglary in progress and you hold detain the criminals until the police arrive you are now committing a crime?


5 posted on 04/21/2019 7:43:30 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: RevelationDavid

F the FBI. Damn communists, all of the Federal Government. Americans have lost their freedom. Why cannot most real Americans see that?


10 posted on 04/21/2019 8:11:15 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: RevelationDavid

“Citizen’s Arrest Felonies. A person can arrest someone that they reasonably suspect of committing a felony,...”

“Repeatedly entering the U.S. illegally now a felony”

So you should be able to arrest an illegal assuming they are trying to re-enter the US again and hold them until Border Patrol can arrest them and clears up their status. But no the government is again siding with the illegals after filing to fix the problem for 30 years.


11 posted on 04/21/2019 8:26:41 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: RevelationDavid

Soros said to his son:

“There are two paths to security for our people. Open the door on the right and you’re in the IDF. But you’ll find you’re doing many of the same things Nazis are criticized for; manning checkpoints, stopping people in the street to check their papers, kicking down doors in the middle of the night. Not nice. But instead take the door on the left? You can simply work for open borders. Eventually you find you are but one of very many minority groups until one day you go almost ignored.”

So that’s the plan.

They don’t so much hate this guy they arrested as much that they worried that his actions could inspire many to do likewise.

They’re trying to make him an example.

What almost surely happened:

A hateful activist group similar to the SPLC (if not the actual SPLC) dug deeply into his past, noting the felony. Then they saw photos and films of him armed. Then they contacted similar rabid people working in the FBI.

So the real lesson here is:

1. Some powerful groups in the USA have a strong interest in keeping the borders open permanently

2. The FBI seems okay working as Gestapo on behalf of the groups in #1 above, who regard themselves as The Real US Government.


12 posted on 04/21/2019 8:28:25 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: RevelationDavid

Sounds to me like the cartels called and snitched to the fibs.


13 posted on 04/21/2019 8:33:30 AM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
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To: RevelationDavid

It is possible for the sheriffs of these border counties
to deputize citizens for the purpose of detaining illegal
alien invaders.

https://www.justice.gov/jm/criminal-resource-manual-1918-arrest-illegal-aliens-state-and-local-officers

I don’t believe the person the FBI has arrested is the
groups leader. These guys have regular meetings with
border patrol, and rules of engagement are stressed. The
illegals are falsely reporting armed detention.
Border Patrol officers don’t draw their weapons when
in the presence of illegals unless threatened. These
guys don’t either.


15 posted on 04/21/2019 9:08:30 AM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: RevelationDavid

Good luck getting a conviction.


19 posted on 04/21/2019 1:42:57 PM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: RevelationDavid

I say’s he was arrested two days after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) accused the group of illegally detaining migrants and New Mexico’s Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered an investigation.,....

So how do they know he was armed at the time.
Did the Border patrol document he was armed in a legally provable way that would hold up in court? or are they going to use testimony from the detainees who will swear he was armed?


20 posted on 04/21/2019 3:36:02 PM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
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To: RevelationDavid

Curious, what was his felony?

It labels him as a felon, but never disclosed his misdeed.


21 posted on 04/22/2019 6:39:51 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: RevelationDavid

He got beaten up in jail.

http://news.trust.org/item/20190424190640-j4n8c


30 posted on 04/24/2019 10:00:09 PM PDT by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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