Protesting the Government: The Rise of Conspiracy Theories

Fargo, ND (trfnews.i234.me) Nearly 40 years ago there was a group of Americans raging against the government, who were big believers in conspiracy theories. It ended with the shooting deaths of 2 U.S. Marshals. Two of the people involved were earlier denied early releases from prison by the U.S. Federal Court in Fargo. But now, they’re eligible for parole next February, after serving 40 years in prison.
imagine americans raging against their government holding secret meetings in their homes and garages caught up in a wave of conspiracy theories well it’s an incident that culminated with the shooting death of two u.s marshals in medina north dakota back in february in 1983. it was an incident that made national news for weeks and it’s about to make news again one of those involved scott fall was sentenced to two life sentences two years ago we asked for a sentence reduction that was denied for background on all this here’s my report from december of 2020 a plea to be released from a federal prison in sandstone minnesota this month from scott fall 37 years ago on february 13th 1983 he was a follower of gordon call a tax protester who wound up in a shootout just outside medina north dakota in which two federal marshals were shot to death kenneth muir and robert chesher kahl died in a shootout with law enforcement in arkansas six months later followers called son yuri and scott fall each received life sentences for their connection to the murder of the u.s marshals this month scott fall now 67 years old who was serving his life sentence at the federal prison in sandstone minnesota northeast of saint cloud filed documents in north dakota federal court under the compassionate release program part of those documents read in part quote i’m 67 years old i have been incarcerated since february 14 1983 i have received very little medical treatment over all those years because little has been requested i do have trouble breathing at times i assume from a type of bronchitis importantly if you want to honestly consider this request i suppose i was supposed to have been released by operation of law in 2013. however dregs in the parole commission and in the records department of the uh bureau of prisons have unjustifiably and unlawfully extended my release date to 2023 when that date arrives those blessed scum will once again enlist some new lies whatever they feel the whim to need to deny the release date once again they will do that because they are part of the deep state swamp and have made promises of favoritism to their lucifer worshipping cohorts that has been documented in my legal pleadings and is undenied by the scum unquote earlier appeals for early releases from scott fall and yuri call were both denied and now it’s july of 2022 inews has talked with the family member of shooting victims of u.s marshals kenneth muir and robert cheshire new family victim statements are being collected because in february of 2023 both iori call and scott fall will be eligible for parole after serving 40 years in prison as we stated earlier tax protester gordon cole a believer and promoter of all kinds of conspiracies outlined and derived from the posse comitatus died in a shootout in arkansas six months after the medina murders his wife joan died at the age of 93 in carrington north dakota in 2020. in general the posse comitatus act is a law put in place after the civil war saying the president cannot use the military as a domestic police force with the exception of an insurrection well gordon call took that combined with bits and pieces of other laws and believed it was okay to not pay taxes and take the lives of two u.s marshals who came to arrest him back in 1983. call took everything they had and everything they would ever be based on a line of conspiracy bs and now two other believers yuri call and scott fall uh convicted of a murderer in that incident are hoping they’ll get to step out of prison free men next february following their rage against the government based on conspiracy theories we’ll keep you updated i’m Neil Berg reporting for trfnews.i234.me