(Stillwater, Okla.) — In a remarkably rapid verdict, a Payne County jury took only 35 minutes to convict a man, who considers himself a sovereign citizen and represented himself at his trial last week, of child stealing, possessing guns illegally, and obstructing an officer in rural Stillwater.

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    1 year ago

    Sounds like Jim Dykes in Alabama. He boarded a school bus, killed the driver, kidnapped a child, and hid himself in a bunker for days demanding to speak to the media. Eventually, the FBI raided the bunker, killing Dykes and rescuing the child. This piece of crap was very, very lucky indeed that he did not meet the same fate.

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      God that’s terrifying. I can’t imagine being that child. Reading stuff like that literally sends shivers down my spine.