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TexasTowelie

(112,689 posts) Fri Jan 19, 2018, 04:58 AM Jan 2018

Libertarian presidential candidate Adam Kokesh arrested in North Texas

Source: San Antonio Express-News

A Libertarian presidential candidate and prominent activist was arrested in North Texas earlier this week.

Adam Kokesh, who filed paperwork last week to run for president, was arrested Tuesday on U.S. 380 by highway patrol in Wise County, roughly 300 miles north of San Antonio, said Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin.

He was charged with possession of marijuana, tampering with evidence and multiple counts of being in possession of a controlled substance, Akin said. He is being held at the Wise County Jail on a $76,500 bond.

A video posted on Kokesh's Facebook page shows him getting pulled over while in an RV with a dog after officers said the temporary tag on his vehicle was expired. He received a warning ticket.

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Libertarian-presidential-candidate-arrested-in-12507794.php

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Libertarian presidential candidate Adam Kokesh arrested in North Texas (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2018 OP

Additional article from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: TexasTowelie Jan 2018 #1

Some of Kokesh's Greatest Hits jmowreader Jan 2018 #2

He should have known better than to even Drive Thru Wise county. Drug bust capital. flying_wahini Jan 2018 #3

He's a libertarian, he doesn't know much as it is. DRoseDARs Jan 2018 #4

TexasTowelie

(112,689 posts)

1. Additional article from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 05:34 AM

Jan 2018

He announced his candidacy for president. 30 minutes later, he was arrested

Little-known presidential candidate Adam Kokesh was arrested Tuesday in Wise County and remains in jail, a situation that Kokesh is calling a “gross miscarriage of justice.”

Kokesh, a Libertarian, was stopped twice on Tuesday, within 30 minutes of announcing his plans to run for president.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said Kokesh’s recreational vehicle was pulled over for a traffic violation at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. 81/287 near the U.S. 380 intersection.

Kokesh, 35, who resides in Ashfork, Ariz., recorded the first 28 minutes of the traffic stop with troopers eventually calling in a canine officer to search the exterior of the RV. A trooper then told Kokesh that the dog had signaled to troopers and he was told to turn off the camera.

Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article195357574.html

jmowreader

(50,594 posts)

2. Some of Kokesh's Greatest Hits

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 06:25 AM

Jan 2018

This one got him arrested for possession of an unregistered shotgun.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/virginia-gun-rights-advocate-adam-kokesh-pleads-guilty-to-gun-charges-released-from-jail/2013/11/06/337f7ff8-4708-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_story.html?utm_term=.07115ac28204

This is the same scumbag running a flash mob inside the Jefferson Memorial. He didn't have a park permit. He wouldn't have gotten one for an activity inside the Jefferson Memorial. And commercial filming - Kokesh's main source of income is his monetized YouTube videos - is absolutely prohibited within the columns and interior chamber of the Jefferson Memorial. (You can stand outside the memorial and shoot into it.)

Kokesh is running on a platform calling for the dissolution of the federal government. What brought him to this was getting kicked out of the Marines after trying to smuggle a pistol back from Iraq.

flying_wahini

(6,701 posts)

3. He should have known better than to even Drive Thru Wise county. Drug bust capital.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 10:30 AM

Jan 2018

Do you think they planted it on him? They would have had lots to plant. See link.

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/article194932379.html

He never said it was his, did he?
RV's make you a target, I think.
I find it kind of funny they say he was arrested 300 miles north of San Antonio. Not just outside of DFW.

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)

4. He's a libertarian, he doesn't know much as it is.

Reply to flying_wahini (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 02:34 PM

Jan 2018

I remember when he first came on the scene as an anti-war vet of Iraq. I was saddened when I learned his cup runneth over with the libertarian Kool-Aid. Dude's a kook.

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