Judge won't dismiss courthouse riot charges

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http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/oct/06/judge-wont-dismiss-courthouse-riot-charges/

Bill Poovey, Associated Press
Posted October 6, 2010 at midnight

MADISONVILLE, Tenn. - An East Tennessee judge has refused to dismiss charges against a military retiree and a former militia group member accused of causing a riot at a courthouse after a grand jury refused to charge President Barack Obama with treason.

Circuit Judge Jon Blackwood refused to dismiss felony and misdemeanor charges that include civil-rights intimidation, inciting a riot, disrupting a meeting and disorderly conduct.

Blackwood dismissed a defense motion contending that retired Navy Lt. Commander Walter F. Fitzpatrick III, 58, of Monroe County and former Georgia militia group member Darren Wesley Huff, 40, of Dallas, Ga., were indicted by a "tainted" grand jury process. The judge said they will go on trial Dec. 1.

Huff, who also faces related federal charges, was among about a dozen armed people who gathered at the courthouse in April. Court records show that Huff earlier the same day had a pistol during a traffic stop and told officers he also had an AK-47 in his truck. Records state that Huff had said he and others planned to take over the Monroe County Courthouse and arrest "domestic enemies of the United States engaged in treason."

[gateley]

1. Racial hatred. It's driving them insane. nt

[NYC Liberal]

2. If they want "domestic enemies of the United States engaged in treason"

they should start with these two: