***BREAKING** from NBC news

[SummerSnow]

IMMIGRATION & THE BORDER


Leader of militia detaining migrants allegedly said group trained to assassinate Soros, Clinton, Obama, complaint says
Larry Mitchell Hopkins has been described as the “commander” of the United Constitutional Patriots that has been detaining migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.


April 22, 2019, 4:00 PM EDT
By Daniella Silva
A leader of a New Mexico militia that has been detaining migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border said that the group was “training to assassinate George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama,” according to an FBI agent's sworn deposition describing reports phoned into the agency's public tip line.

Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 69, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and made an initial appearance in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on the charge Monday.....much more at the link below

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/leader-militia-detaining-migrants-allegedly-said-group-trained-assassinate-soros-n997176?cid=eml_nbn_20190422

[Takket]

1. Where was he radicalized?????

[Mel]

39. My first guess

Right wing hate head radio.

[womanofthehills]

67. His lawyer, Kelly O'Connell was the host of a conservative radio talk show in NM

Mr. O’Connell, who was the host of a conservative radio talk show program in New Mexico until 2017, declined to say who was paying Mr. Hopkins’s legal fees.

Mr. Hopkins could face up to 10 years in prison if he is found guilty of the new charge. He told the judge on Monday that he suffers from various medical problems and gave his age as 70, though court records showed he was 69.

“I’m not a militia specialist,” Mr. O’Connell said when asked about the motives of Mr. Hopkins and other members of the armed group. He added, “They believe they are helping to enforce the laws of America on immigration.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/us/militia-border-new-mexico.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage

[uponit7771]

2. Republicans will lionize this group of terrorist as "good people"

[empedocles]

29. 'cons will find ways to support these terrrorists.

[Bob Loblaw]

60. Not terrorists

Merely 20 or so "lone wolves".



Code name: Striker.

[joshdawg]

71. I really wish the media would stop

calling this gang of thugs a "militia."
They are a street gang, not a militia. Period.

[Anon-C]

76. +1000!

[calimary]

78. And thugs.

[artislife]

3. This makes me so mad.

I posted an OP with a video one of those "men" made. Chilling

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

[NYMinute]

5. wow

This is downright scary

[SummerSnow]

7. Very scary, and Trump eliminated domestic terrorism unit from the DHS.

[Cha]

65. Of course he did.

[niyad]

81. welcome to DU

[Skittles]

6. I am impressed he had not added AOC to "the list"

she has quickly become as notable as Soros to deluded Trump humpers

[rzemanfl]

10. I don't think they could spell her full name, Skittles.

[KayF]

13. I don't think he could spell "AOC" n/t

[Niagara]

31. LOL!

[rzemanfl]

63. LOL. n/t

[Midnight Writer]

69. I gotta laugh, but these guys are scary. I live in the midst of Oathkeeper territory.

They are not well informed (though some are very smart) but they own a houseful of guns and are itching to prove to everyone just how manly they are.

[Crowman2009]

72. More than likely, they'll struggling whether they'll pay for the electric bill..

...or food. Because they blew all their money on guns & ammo.

[MyOwnPeace]

11. You are right.......

to point that out - but I get the feeling that this gang ain't that quick on the "I git' it" scale.............

[madinmaryland]

20. By the way, those trump humpers need a serious ass kickings...

Yes Indeedy!!

[Skittles]

41. they are not even worth my time

the fact that they swoon over someone so utterly pathetic......

[nolabear]

8. AKA Johnny Horton Jr.? Yeah. That tells you a whole lot.

[Cold War Spook]

58. 1815 and General Jackson.

The war wasn't actually over since the Senate had not ratified the treaty yet.

[FakeNoose]

9. This guy is a loser, just like all of them

This guy Larry Mitchell Hopkins has a bunch of firearms violations & convictions but not much else. He's 69 years old for heaven's sake. This reminds me of that "Bikers for Trump" rally, they're mostly in their 60s and 70s.

[lpbk2713]

16. Look up "bad hangover" in the dictionary.

And you'll see his picture.

[Scurrilous]

19. LOL

[C Moon]

25. :D

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

50. I thought it was meth

[Danascot]

27. He looks like

he goes to the same spa Steve Bannon does.

[yuiyoshida]

30. The word "Dumbfuck"

springs to mind.

[JDC]

37. Looks like he doesn't refrigerate his ketchup after opening!

Fricken loser. Plenty tough until the cops show up and arrest him.

[Vdizzle]

48. That is ketchup to normal people...

To him, it is pissketti sauce!

[NBachers]

55. The caption from that photo, as shown on the NBC News site:

"Hopkins, also known as 'Striker,' the leader of the Constitutional Patriots militia, speaks with Viper, right, about logistics in Anapra, New Mexico, on March 20."

Striker and Viper's Big Day!

[onit2day]

64. They have what I call FANATIC STUPIDITY

[lindysalsagal]

12. Because bad people come from mexico, oh, wait...

My bad.

[Skidmore]

14. If he has ties to QAnon,

they've been linked to Russia.

[malaise]

15. Welcome to the vile MAGAcretin's America

Thank you ReTHUGs and you are thugs.

[mobeau69]

17. I can believe this.

"...in a radio interview posted by The Renegade Network, Horton said that he had a long-standing relationship with President Trump and that he and the president were in close touch. He said that the president listened to his radio show and that they were exchanging information about the US border — Horton said President Trump was especially interested in the northern border. Explaining where he first met the president, Horton said, “When I was doing music, I met Trump and his first wife when he had the casino in Las Vegas, and I played there numerous times. OK?” Hopkins said. “That’s how I knew him. And Trump and I have kept in touch ever since.”

https://heavy.com/news/2019/04/larry-mitchell-hopkins/

[SharonAnn]

38. Did Trump ever have a casino in Las Vegas? I doubt it. Atlantic City, yes.

[mobeau69]

43. The Trump International Hotel Las Vegas

[barbtries]

49. no casino there nt

[mr_lebowski]

56. Yup ... he ain't allowed to own a casino by NVGC ... way too shady (nt)

[mobeau69]

59. Thanks. I stand corrected.

[world wide wally]

18. Let's see...I think that is 3 credible and serious terrorist threats against named Democratic

Leaders in the past year.
Anybody see a pattern here?

[spanone]

21. Terrorists.

[leftofcool]

22. Led by Stephen Miller as the head "patriot"

[IronLionZion]

23. But he doesn't have a political agenda!

[dewsgirl]

24. I wonder who was financing this group? And not to sound conspiratorial, but who knew about

These guys? Is it that far of a stretch that maybe Miller or even Trump knew what these guys were doing before the media did?
Update: Trump knows the guy personally, so they definitely knew.

[womanofthehills]

66. They had GoFundMe and Pay Pal - which have beeen taken down

Still, pressure is building on the group from various directions. Both PayPal and GoFundMe banned accounts for the group, potentially making it harder for the militia to receive donations. And the rail transportation company Union Pacific said it believed that the group was camped on land adjacent to its property in southern New Mexico.

Here is the NYT article (written by my friend's son, Simon Romero - who is covering the crisis at the southern border for the Times.) Thank God NM is a blue state and our governor is on top of this. Santa Fe and Albuquerque will be helping Las Cruces by taking migrants.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/us/militia-border-new-mexico.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage

[Freethinker65]

26. Good people on both sides.

Thanks Trump

[yuiyoshida]

28. So HE IS A HOME BRED TERRORIST

GREAT, LOCK HIM UP!

[Niagara]

32. I feel sick

This is the type of terrorists that we have to deal on a regular basis right here in America.

[Honeycombe8]

33. More evil pus squirting out into the nation because of Trump.

If anything happened, Trump would never be held accountable. Even though he is. The bully pulpit is the most powerful mouthpiece in the world.

[BlueWI]

34. Horrendous.

What a poisonous environment under this presidency.

[iluvtennis]

35. Lock Him Up for Life...this vigilante kidnapped those immigrants

[dixiegrrrrl]

85. thing is, he is already a known felon

yet law enforcement did not notice what he was up to till now? He is not supposed to have guns, or even hang around with any other known felons.

[smirkymonkey]

36. Another insane, violent, Trump-loving nutcase.

These people are sick. I never knew there were so many effed-up, mentally-ill people in this country until Trump started bringing them out of the woodwork. They all belong in prison. Nobody is safe with people like that roaming around free and armed to the teeth.

[Initech]

40. Terrorists for Trump! MATA!

[Chellee]

42. This guy's lawyer actually brings up a really good point.

If the search of his home that came up with an illegal cache of weapons happened in 2017, why wasn't he arrested then? He should have been. He should have been in jail this whole time. Then he wouldn't of been able to plot, and gather followers, and prey on the innocent.

Why, as if I didn't know, do they always let the crazy white guy go??? "You sound insane, and I can see you're heavily armed; well, you have a nice day now, sir," says random cop who will not be in trouble at all for failing to protect and serve.

[Takket]

44. if he was walking home with a bag of skittles, he would be dead now

[Chellee]

45. Exactly! nt

[barbtries]

52. well if he was black.

nt

[Evolve Dammit]

46. Good people on both sides. Radicalized in the USA (sung to Springsteen).

[magicarpet]

47. Patriotic felons practicing their second amendment rights...

... how trDumpian.

USA, USA, USA.

[onecaliberal]

51. Are we calling this piece of shit a domestic terrorist?

[meow2u3]

53. Lookee!! Domestic terrorists trying to pass themselves off as soldiers

while these felons take immigration law into their own hands by kidnapping desperate asylum seekers.

That terrorist gang needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!!

[paleotn]

54. the pathetic thing is....

the media and the authorities won't take these jackasses seriously until they DO kill someone. And not just this motley crew. There are plenty of others of a similar bent Seems we didn't learn shit from the Oklahoma City bombing, or simply forgot.

[magicarpet]

57. Steve Miller and trDump say,...

.... deputize him, he will do a fine job for AmeriKKKa.

[triron]

61. When will one of these assholes actually try to kill a leading democrat?

Trump is the inciter. Remove this fucker. Put his ass in jail.

[Blue Owl]

62. What the fuck?

Why aren't these self-identified assassins behind bars???

[triron]

68. knr

[Demovictory9]

70. any tweets from trump about this?

[SummerSnow]

74. No. He was tweeting this morning about Morning Joe

[Harker]

73. Dangerous repeat offender.

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"Commander Striker" should play "POW" for a while.

[myohmy2]

75. what...

...do you think?

" "Hopkins also allegedly made the statement that the United Constitutional Patriots were training to assassinate George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama, because of these individuals' support of Antifa," the complaint said, referring to so-called anti-fascist activists. "

...do we need a nationwide militia of our own?

...trump isn't going to protect anyone who doesn't support him...worse yet, trump encourages these right-wing extremists...

...I don't trust in trump justice...

...

[stillcool]

79. looks like we're heading towards...

an Not-United States. I think the GOP takeover is close to complete. Judiciary, Legislature, Presidency, state governments.

[hughee99]

77. So if I understand correctly, someone phoned in a tip, likely

Anonymous, and made this claim back in 2017. There is no one else corroborating this claim, according to this story anyway.

The FBI did nothing about that claim at the time, as far as we can tell, but after the guy was arrested, the FBI used it in support of the arrest.

Is this the story?

[TommyCelt]

80. Militia...

"When the 2nd Amendment references a 'well-regulated militia' it wasn't talking about 5 guys in the back a Dodge pickup." - Tobias Zachary Ziegler

[niyad]

82. why in the F****** hell has this bunch been allowed to operate for months???

[louis-t]

83. Ten bucks says they don't 'really' believe in the

Constitution.