U.S. : Sheriff's Office Issues Domestic Terrorism Warning
R. LaCasse
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(http://www.ksat.com/news/28189270/detail.html)
Bandera County Sheriff's Office Issues Domestic Terrorism Warning
Law Enforcement Agency Concerned Radical Anti-Government Groups May Be
Moving Into Area
Tim Gerber, KSAT 12 News Reporter
Thursday, June 9, 2011
BANDERA, Texas -- The Bandera County Sheriff's Office issued a warning
Thursday to citizens about an anti-government movement known for acts of
domestic terrorism.
The law enforcement agency said followers of The Sovereign Citizens Movement
have been known to carry out violent acts, including killing law enforcement
officers and other public servants.
Watch Tim Gerber's Report | Read Sheriff's Office Press Release (PDF)
The sheriff's office told KSAT-12 News the warning was prompted by the
recent shooting death of Bexar County Sheriff's Deputy Sgt. Kenneth Vann.
"We have domestic terrorism right at our doorstep," said Capt. Charlie Hicks
of the Bandera County Sheriff's Office.
Hicks said while there's no evidence Vann's death had any links to the
Sovereign Citizens, it's the same type of crime followers are known for.
For example, in last May, a father and his teenage son opened fire on two
police officers with an assault rifle during a routine traffic stop in West
Memphis, Ark. News reports said the incident was sparked by the suspects'
refusal to present a valid driver's license. The officers were killed in the
shootout and the father and son died in a second shootout with officers a
short time later.
"That's our main concern. Citizen safety and police officer safety in this
area," Hicks said.
According to Hicks, followers of the anti-government, anarchist movement,
share the belief that the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution
has tricked Americans into becoming citizens of the United States and has
offered them privileges, such as driver's licenses and other government
benefits, which act as so-called hidden contracts through which Americans
effectively have given up their sovereignty.
Hicks said followers are often very vocal about their beliefs.
"They've very serious in their beliefs, and very serious when they do go to
violence," Hicks said. "They'll kill you in a New York minute."
Hicks said while a training camp for similar anti-government groups was
discovered in Kerr County in the past, there is no evidence any members are
currently operating in Bandera County. But Hicks said residents should still
be cautious.
"Don't be getting into heated arguments with these people, because the
potential for violence is there," Hicks said.
The FBI considers the Sovereign Citizens Movement one of the nation's top
domestic terror threats. Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols
was a follower and many believe Jared Loughner, the man who shot
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Ariz., in January, is also a
believer.
Hicks said citizens are urged to report any suspicious activity to the
Bandera County Sheriff's Office or your nearest local law enforcement
agency.
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My/Poster/Courier's Note on this:
Is this good or bad for us freedom fighters of the legal gun
industry.....
Do I want to help those who take away gun rights, have confiscated
on a whim, dragged ME trough 3 years of courts for their easy money court
payola, and NOT even show up at the Voire Dire, where they can't lie at
all, and perjury is enforced to the MAX.....consecutive and concurrent 15
years each.
BTW:
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was ALL RKBA for ALL, the nut that shot her
was just a psycho with NO real motive.
Bob
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