Georgia man accused of traveling to Tennessee for armed takeover of courthouse

[WeDidIt]

Georgia man accused of traveling to Tennessee for armed takeover of courthouse

A Georgia man has been arrested in Tennessee--authorities say he headed to Madisonville, armed and prepared to take over the courthouse.

Darren Huff stands charged of traveling in interstate commerce with intent to incite a riot and transporting in commerce a firearm in furtherance of a civil disorder.

The FBI says Huff traveled to Tennessee armed with a pistol on his hip and an assault rifle in his truck, intent on carrying out citizen's arrests of 24 federal, state, and local officials, and on seeing that another man did not face trial for trying to do the same.

On April 1, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick had tried a citizen's arrest of Grand Jury Foreman Gary Pettway. Fitzpatrick had previously tried to get the grand jury to indict President Barack Obama on charges of treason, with no success. Fitzpatrick was charged with disorderly conduct, inciting to riot, disrupting a meeting, and resisting arrest.

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Given how unhinged the Birthers are, it's only a matter of time before one of them goes full blown terrorist nutball and actually hurts somebody.

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He's also a Christian Identity chaplain for the local militia, though they say they have now removed him from "office".

[saltpoint]

1. Ya know, it's beyond me why Mr. Huff, having made the commitment to

drive all that way to Tennessee, opted for an armed take-over of a courthouse when as long as he was in that state he could have gone to Dollywood instead.

In the opinion of this observer, a day at Dollywood would have been a day better spent.

[WeDidIt]

2. Better yet, he could have spent time helping people affected by the flooding.

Instead, he went Birtherloco and will end up in prison.

[saltpoint]

3. True. The guy had any number of ways to make himself useful

and chose poorly.

[SharonAnn]

6. Madisonville, tn? What the heck? It's right near here. His plan doesn't make any sense.

Sleepy little town.

[fasttense]

4. Just another stupid crazy person.

It seems that to be a Tea-Bagger, you have to be both stupid AND crazy. Simply being stupid would not have made this guy think he could arrest a group of people by force. That requires a little crazy.

[WeDidIt]

5. To be a Tea-Bagger, you just have to be stupid

but mixing that with the batshit crazy of Birtherism is a dangerous combination.