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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 08:48 AM Apr 2020

'Commander' of New Mexico group that detained migrants near border is sentenced

A New Mexico man who had been described as a "commander" of a group (United Constitutional Patriots) accused of detaining migrants was sentenced to nearly two years in prison Wednesday for illegally possessing guns, prosecutors said. Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 70, was sentenced to 21 months for being a felon in possession of a firearm, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico said in a statement.

Hopkins pleaded guilty in January under a plea agreement and admitted to having possessed nine pistols, rifles and shotguns on Nov. 28, 2017, in San Juan County, the U.S. attorney's office said. Hopkins is barred from owning guns because of previous convictions in Michigan, Oregon and South Dakota.

Hopkins was arrested in April 2019. His arrest occurred after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, demanded that members of a militia group, some of whom were armed, stop detaining migrants at the New Mexico-Mexico border. The group had been accused by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico of capturing nearly 300 people near Sunland Park, N.M., a city about 10 miles from El Paso, Texas.

Hopkins had previously been convicted in three states of criminal impersonation of a peace officer, gun possession and federal charges of failure to pay child support, which barred him from owning guns, prosecutors said. 'Hopkins' attorney, Kelly O'Connell wrote that Hopkins,70, is obese and in poor health, and she cited concerns that if he gets the coronavirus illness, COVID-19, in prison he could die.



https://www.yahoo.com/news/commander-mexico-group-detained-migrants-025201918.html

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'Commander' of New Mexico group that detained migrants near border is sentenced (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 OP
Nice outfit, Larry - "Derp From Above" - is that the motto? hatrack Apr 2020 #1
He gave himself 5 stars left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 #2
He would be in perfect uniform LastDemocratInSC Apr 2020 #3
This is the sum colimnation of the this halfwits life. Javaman Apr 2020 #4
I wouldn't phrase what he did as detainment. mercuryblues Apr 2020 #5
+1 2naSalit Apr 2020 #7
Seems like a great guy awesomerwb1 Apr 2020 #6
He seems like an asshole Dem2 Apr 2020 #8
A photo of the militia group left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 #9
This honestly looks like it comes from The Onion renate Apr 2020 #11
only two years?? onethatcares Apr 2020 #10

Javaman

(62,442 posts)
4. This is the sum colimnation of the this halfwits life.
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 10:01 AM
Apr 2020

long pretending to be something he isn't, it finally caught up with the racist prick.

renate

(13,776 posts)
11. This honestly looks like it comes from The Onion
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:40 AM
Apr 2020

Except for the guy on the far right, who actually looks pretty tough, these all look like they spend every evening in their garages with a 12-pack of PBR.

onethatcares

(16,133 posts)
10. only two years??
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:19 AM
Apr 2020

for felon in possession? WTF is up with that? I was under the impression it was a mandatory 5 years. With two other convictions he should be in a federal pen for the rest of his life.

I don't know how to check his previous military status, can anyone run that?

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