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News Roundup for July 29, 2011
Posted By Heidi Beirich On July 29, 2011 @ 1:50 pm In Uncategorized | 1 Comment
A Mississippi man has been convicted [1] in the 2010 murder of a white supremacist leader. Vincent McGee was charged with capital murder in the death of Richard Barrett, the founder of the neo-Nazi Nationalist Movement. McGee claimed that Barrett made sexual advanced towards him, while the prosecution claims the motive was robbery.
A plea deal has been made [2] in the case of a Montana white supremacist teen accused of threatening a Native American man with a gun. Allen Goff, 19, had been charged with felony assault and obstruction as well carrying a concealed weapon, and was previous charged and acquitted in the shooting of a Hispanic teen. Goff has been reported as the leader of the Montana Creators Assembly, an offshoot of the white supremacist Creativity Movement [3].
The saga of the Alaska Peacekeepers Militia murder conspiracy trial continues [4] as the judge announced a delay in the bail hearing of one of the defendants. Coleman Barney, 27, asked the court to release him as he awaits trial, after his bail was reduced from $2 million to $100,000 dollars. Barney stands accused, along with five other militia members, of plotting to kill state officials and law enforcement officers.
Warren Jeffs, leader of the polygamist FLDS [5] Church, appeared in court today [6] to answer charges of sexual assault of a child. Jeffs told the judge that he is representing himself, addressed the court in a 25-minute rant, and repeatedly interrupting the prosecutor, forcing the judge to call a recess. Jeffs faces a maximum of life in prison if convicted.
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[1] has been convicted: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/man-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter-in-2010-slaying-of-white-supremacist-in-mississippi/2011/07/28/gIQALg7FfI_story.html
[2] has been made: http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_db4c42f4-9787-56d8-af0d-68610c065a74.html
[3] Creativity Movement: http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/the-creativity-movement-0
[4] continues: http://newsminer.com/bookmark/14880899-Judge-delays-decision-in-241-bail-hearing
[5] FLDS: http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/fundamentalist-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints
[6] appeared in court today: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/29/warren-jeffs-case-polygamist-leader-fires-lawyers_n_913008.html
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1 Comment To "News Roundup for July 29, 2011"
#1 Comment By Sam Molloy On July 29, 2011 @ 10:18 pm
In reading the news account of Allen Goff, and Montana’s very freedom oriented gun laws, it looks like the Police are doing a good job of getting them away from violent people. I sympathize with the Hispanic teen, as his ethnicity probably played a role in his injury. I’d like to see more details of that jury trial.