Originally posted by ASTAC
In one of the articles it states that when the boarder patrol tried to stop them..they would not stop and proceeded to this guy's ranch..where they started taking up defensive positions......lets see....preparing to have a gun battle with federal authorities puts these low life gun nuts outside the law.
read it carefully...notice the border patrol retreat.
Nethercott called Cochise County sheriff's deputies to the scene, saying Border Patrol agents had members of his organization on the ground and were pointing weapons at them.
Nethercott warned that if the deputies did not arrive quickly, there would be shooting between the group and Border Patrol agents.
By the time the deputies arrived, other Border Patrol agents had also arrived. The deputies found at least seven Border Patrol vehicles, with at least as many agents shielded behind their vehicles with their handguns drawn, as well as some with AR-15 rifles, all pointing toward the Arizona Guard compound.
Nethercott told deputies that at no time did agents activate their emergency lights in an attempt to stop him and that they aimed weapons at Riddle, who only had a rifle slung over his shoulder.
Nethercott, a twice-convicted felon, told deputies that he was angered because Border Patrol agents had ordered Nethercott to lie on the ground "like a criminal."
Deputies were able to defuse the situation when Border Patrol agents retreated from the property, about a half-mile east of the Douglas Border Patrol Station.
He said he has met with federal officials from the United States and Mexico, and has appealed to his counterpart in Sonora and other border states, church groups and advocacy groups, asking them to come forward with specific evidence of a crime committed against a migrant by a militia member.
To date, no victim has come forth, he said.
