Charges filed against militia members traveling to Kenosha

[SheltieLover]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/09/04/politics/militia-members-kenosha/index.html

Two members of the 417 Second Amendment Militia group from Missouri traveling to Kenosha, Wisconsin, were arrested Thursday by federal officials and charged with illegally possessing a cache of weapons.

Michael M. Karmo and Cody E. Smith were separately charged and ordered to be temporarily detained until their bail hearings on September 8 at 10:30 a.m. in front of Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Dries.

Karmo, 40 and Smith, 33, were roommates for a month, worked together and were members of the 417 Second Amendment Militia, a pro-law enforcement group, according to the criminal complaint.

They traveled by car to Kenosha to "see for themselves" what was going on at the protests, attended a "Make America Great Again" rally and planned to go to Portland to "take action" if police were defunded, according to Karmo's criminal complaint.

More at link. These guys had criminal records which made them ineligible to possess firearms. Oopsie - facing up to 10 years each!

[regnaD kciN]

1. Federal charges, so Barr can decide to not prosecute them, and Trump could always pardon them...

[SheltieLover]

2. Unfortunate

But perhaps there are state laws which they can be charged for.

[dchill]

3. Hunting; interrupted.

[Vivienne235729]

4. Good job!! BRAVO!!!! This is exactly what needs to happen!

Wow. Twice in 1 night that I read something where those same words came out of my mouth. Maybe good days ARE ahead for us, afterall. I'll keep hoping....

[SheltieLover]

5. Keeping fingers crossed here, too!

🤞🤞🤞

[Celerity]

6. Karmo's a bitch

[SheltieLover]

7. Most certainly is!