Jailed White Supremacist's Bond Set At $1 Million

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

CATHERINE THOMPSON – DECEMBER 30, 2013, 7:54 AM EST

Jailed white supremacist Craig Cobb is one step closer to being a free man -- if he can come up with $1 million in cash.

A district court judge on Friday set the price of Cobb's release at $1 million after the North Dakota Supreme Court ordered he be entitled to a reasonable bond, the Bismarck Tribune reported. He has been jailed on charges of terrorizing since Nov. 16, after residents of Leith, N.D., the town he intended to turn into an all-white enclave, alleged he threatened them with a gun.

South Central District Judge Cynthia Feland cited concern about public safety and Cobb's flight from a hate crime charge in Canada in setting the $1 million bond, according to the Tribune. Feland also stipulated that if Cobb posts bail, he may have no contact with any of his alleged victims and must remain in the state until he has permission to leave.

If he is released from custody, it's unlikely Cobb will return to Leith. The city planned to demolish Cobb's home after he missed a deadline to install water and sewer service on his property, and acquaintances who removed his belongings from the home said Cobb plans to relocate to Louisiana once his legal issues are resolved in North Dakota.

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[Laelth]

1. Well done, Judge. k&r n/t

-Laelth

[Katashi_itto]

2. Oh joy he's coming here?

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. I am so sorry, Katashi

You folks over there have enough problems, certainly do not another one.

[Katashi_itto]

6. Yeah just what we need. Thanks very much for the sentiment

though!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Hammer thugs, Cobb included, with the full extent of the law. nt

[mountain grammy]

7. Of the million plus Americans who shouldn't be incarcerated..

here's one that should. Book 'em, Danno, and throw away the key!

[Major Nikon]

4. For those who might have missed it...

[roguevalley]

12. when he got back, he was being stalked by his followers who were not amused.

[TBF]

8. Maybe the Duck Dynasty guy can pony up M$1 -

it looks like the type of person he'd like to hang around with ...

[Nitram]

9. That didn't take long

Now we know just how tough these supremacists really are. Run out of town on a rail.

[Earth_First]

10. So their racist libertarian experiment lasted what, a whole six months?

Not surprised.

[Comrade Grumpy]

11. Not a fan of North Dakota neo-Nazis, but this looks like an abuse of the bail system.

This guy had to go to the North Dakota Supreme Court to get bail set at all.

His partner with the same charge had bail set at $50,000.

Interesting also that the judge cites his flight from a hate speech charge in Canada, a crime that doesn't exist in this country, and a crime that consists of saying or writing the wrong thing.

Okay, we don't like this guy, but the legal system should play fair.

[Heywood J]

13. The question is not what he was charged with in Canada,

it's that he fled and did so across national borders.