Posted on 04/22/2005 6:43:43 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
HEBBRONVILLE, Texas - It will be at least five years before Casey Nethercott can get his civil liberties restored.
As of Monday, he was a guest of the Texas prison system, starting a five-year sentence for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, said Rudy Gutierrez, an assistant district attorney in Jim Hogg County.
Nethercott will not be returning to Arizona in the near future and will not have his civil rights restored "anytime soon," Gutierrez said.
The man, once connected with Ranch Rescue, an organization that was formed to stop illegal immigrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexican border, came to Arizona to help people in the state fight against what he has termed an invasion.
During his time with Ranch Rescue, Nethercott, who settled in the Douglas area, got into trouble in Texas. Nethercott severed his relations with Ranch Rescue and started his own organization called the Arizona Militia.
He was initially charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and aggravated assault against two illegal immigrants from El Salvador.
Convicted of the weapon's charge, a Texas jury was hung on the aggravated assault charge, Gutierrez said.
While Nethercott and his attorney said they planned to appeal the one conviction, nothing was ever filed "and we wouldn't agree to an extension," Gutierrez said.
Nethercott returned to Texas for the new trial concerning the aggravated assault charge. When he appeared in court on Monday, the judge ordered him to be taken into custody to start his jail sentence, Gutierrez said.
Because of the judge's action and other issues, the aggravated assault charge was dismissed this week, he said, adding the two victims were satisfied.
Attorneys for the victims have filed a civil suit against Nethercott and others to apparently go after the $60,000 cash bond Nethercott posted for his appeal that was never done and to remain free pending a new trial on the aggravated assault charges, Gutierrez said.
Nethercott was a convicted felon in California on two charges, which is why the charge of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm was made in Texas, the assistant district attorney said.
In March, Nethercott told the Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review he intended to have his civil rights restored so he could once again carry a firearm. He also said he intended to run for sheriff of Cochise County.
During that interview, Nethercott railed against the Minuteman Project, saying it was infiltrated by neo-Nazis.
He said he was looking at purchasing two helicopters for his militia, whose strength is unknown, and other weapons once his civil rights were restored.
While he said he was going to file for rights restoration in Cochise County, no court records have been found indicating that has happened.
While in Arizona, Nethercott came up against the federal government and was accused of three counts of threatening to intimidate and murder U.S. Border Patrol agents.
After spending more than six months in federal incarceration, Nethercott was found not guilty of the three charges by a Tucson-based federal jury.
Gutierrez said Nethercott likes publicity and seeks it out. But Monday, he was unusually quiet when taken into custody, Guiterrez said.
This one was a serious goofball. Ironically, it was his group that had White racist connections.
Arizona Neo-Nazi Shot During Arrest Attempt
Also Jack Foote of Ranch Rescue gave an interview on The National Alliance's American Dissident Voices.
War on the Border: An Interview with Jack Foote
Guys like this give immigration activists nothing but trouble.
Spiff, what's your take on Nethercott?
Isn't it more likely than not that immigration activists are naturally going to attrack some people who dislike immigrants for the wrong reasons?
Or, maybe "W" simply confused the different groups. Remember, when you are busy running the White House you can't know everything, or even begin to sort out the different groups going after the same problem with varying motives.
I don't know about the President, but I certainly do. They all look and sound the same to me.
The ACLU crowd's a bit different ~ they bring all the ugly chicks.
Nethercott is a punk as I investigated him years ago, That being said he is a publicity hound.
Is that different than the MMP organizers?
This guy is a troublemaker, believe me, he is a convicted felon and was in possesion of a firearm, a common thug.
Kooks like Nethercott sooner or later will cause bloodshed for no other reason than the fact that they are consumed with their hatred.
COEXERJ145: Remember this was the same guy who said "we will shut down the border with machine guns". The sad thing is certain people refused to denounce him.
COEXERJ145, you couldn't have said it better.
Yes.
You're obviously incapable of discrimination.
"Or, maybe "W" simply confused the different groups."
You know, that seems entirely possible. Perhaps wishful thinking on my part. I would really like to see W come out and support the MMP, or at least the idea behind it. I haven't heard of this Nethercutt guy but I would distance myself from him as well.
That bolded statement of yours is THE EXACT SAME THING THAT IS SAID about blacks/asians/indians/hispanics/whites.
So WHICH group are you referring to/trying to discriminate against?????
The so called Minutemen.
Obviously.
Why, you dirty little ratzenheimer, I otter whack you one up the side the head...
Oh, wait, I must confess that I did not meet my wife at an ACLU pancake supper...
'Course back in the 50s only the boy hippies had long hair and smoked weed. The girls wore baggy sweaters, glasses and didn't bathe well and you couldn't tell if they had long hair or not because they had these ropes all over...'smatter of fact they all looked kinda Hinglish.
Obviously.
I'm changing my tag, right now.
Nothing quite like double entendre and rich irony. :)
Nice tag line...
I'm in the middle of a BIG T-storm and have to shut down.
It wasn't much of a discussion from my perspective - so no hurry. Be safe.
Why do men choose to have long hair?
Decades ago when I was active I always thought it was creepy kinda fem for a man to have long hair in bed. Never went their personally.
Once in awhile I see it and still invision yuk.
If it is an American Indian I understand that reason.
Are you on Tornado watch too?
I started reading the Illegal threads here about two years ago.
Stopped because of the line being crossed by some.
I am all for stopping the illegals, but refuse to paint all hispanics as illegals.
I do see the influx of illegals and all the negative that comes with and that is what I oppose.
This guy's was a off the hook back then and so I was reserved when the minutmen thing started.
So far so good with the mainstream media attention they are getting the message out of all illegals coming in droves.
One thread here had pics of garbedge on the border and I was thinking about how bad the fields behind truckstops/gas stations are along I-5 bottles filled with urine ALOT OF THEM along with tons of trash. That is Americans tossing urine filled bottles.
I was told truckers. So I take my Labs to our State Rest Areas in the Pet areas much cleaner.
Point being legals trash areas just as bad.
I am interested in Spiffs reports as he sounds sincere. However due to others hate posts in the past blurring the line of illegals or all hispanics at times I am cautious.
I do have reservations also about GW not being clearer on the open borders.
I often wonder if going Global means no borders. I don't know.
I have denounced Nethercott and his group repeatedly on FR and elsewhere.
It'll never be enough for the 'we love slave labor' crowd.
Wow! You and I agree on something. Border security/immigration reform is NOT "about painting a target on the head of every dark skinned person that speaks with an accent." Finally, you've come to realize that! Can you stop calling me, the Minuteman volunteers, and other border security advocates racists and other related invectives now?
Sorry Spiff, I call 'em like I see 'em. Eventually, I hope you'll discover how painful, cruel and unfair generalizations can be.
Awww...did somebody hurt you?
I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean.
I was worried someone had been painful, cruel and unfair to you.
Gotta love those cheerful federal firearms regulations.
We can only hope.
It's Spiff that's crying in his beer. Go pat him on the head.
Do you mean generalizations like calling the MMP the MMK implying that they're racists despite lacking ANY proof that a single Minuteman Project volunteer is a racist? Generalizations like saying that border security/immigration reform advocates have a problem with dark-skinned people who speak with an accent? Yes, I know all about those generalizations.
ANY proof? Here is one bit of information perhaps you're not aware of:
Nazis, racists join Minuteman Project
I'm not trying to stick it to you Spiff. But I am trying to demonstrate how these absolutes and generalizations your side spits out can come back and bite you.
Your referring to the MMP as the "MMK" goes a long way in making this dream a reality.
Isnt it likely that you have some hardcore Aztlan racists on your side? Doesnt mean you appreciate their support.
A "Southern Poverty Law Center " put-up propaganda site is your unquestionable proof that the minuteman project are nothing but closet nazi's . Get serious Morris Dees is a leftist extremist who sees neo-nazis under his bed at night .
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