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Apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, but being investigated
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 Masseys 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 Masseys 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/
Demsrule86
(68,691 posts)marble falls
(57,249 posts)Demsrule86
(68,691 posts)Vogon_Glory
(9,132 posts)Too far from Canada (Not that theyd take you in), and you certainly blew your chances from taking refuge in Mexico.
Another member of the Dumbf*ckistani paramilitary comes to grief.
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)for it is barren; thus I have no fucks to give.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)In meaningless hatred filled human emptiness.
His life had no meaning beyond rage.
jpak
(41,759 posts)The strain was more than he could bear.