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lunasun

(21,646 posts)
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 12:09 PM Jan 2020

North Texas militia vigilante who rounded up migrants at border found dead after months on the run

Apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, but being investigated
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Officials had warned that his vows to wage war against the federal government made him a dangerous threat. Massey amassed a strong and loyal following on social media in which supporters praised him for taking a stand against federal authorities. They claimed he was a patriot who was being persecuted by tyrannical government authorities.

The marshals have said that Massey, of Royce City, had most recently lived in Quinlan, east of Dallas. Federal authorities said Massey, who espoused anti-government rhetoric, had an affinity for heavy weaponry and was known to display an "alarming rage."
News of Massey’s death comes as a different border vigilante pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge in New Mexico.

Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 69, was “commander” of United Constitutional Patriots, a militia group based in New Mexico that, like Massey’s group, also detained migrants at gunpoint along the U.S.-Mexico border. Hopkins was scheduled to plead guilty Friday to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He faces up to 10 years in prison, according to court records
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From The Dallas Morning News:

North Texas militia vigilante who rounded up migrants at border found dead after months on the run

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2020/01/10/north-texas-militia-vigilante-who-rounded-up-migrants-at-border-found-dead-after-months-on-the-run/



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North Texas militia vigilante who rounded up migrants at border found dead after months on the run (Original Post) lunasun Jan 2020 OP
Karma is a bitch. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #1
Apparently even RW gun huggers can't stand themselves. marble falls Jan 2020 #2
Seems so... Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #6
K&R UTUSN Jan 2020 #3
Surrounded and No Place to Run Vogon_Glory Jan 2020 #4
Good riddance to trash dalton99a Jan 2020 #5
Behold by field of fucks; krispos42 Jan 2020 #7
He died like he lived lunatica Jan 2020 #8
Poor soul, he was too high strung jpak Jan 2020 #9
thanks for sharing some good news in these troubling times. Takket Jan 2020 #10

Vogon_Glory

(9,132 posts)
4. Surrounded and No Place to Run
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 01:27 PM
Jan 2020

Too far from Canada (Not that they’d take you in), and you certainly blew your chances from taking refuge in Mexico.

Another member of the Dumbf*ckistani paramilitary comes to grief.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
8. He died like he lived
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 07:46 PM
Jan 2020

In meaningless hatred filled human emptiness.

His life had no meaning beyond rage.

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