The federal trial for the founder of the Peacemaker’s militia, Francis Schaffer Cox and two militia members Coleman Barney and Lonnie Vernon continued in Anchorage today. Kyle Hopkins is a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News and is covering the trial. He says the defense brought Cox to the stand yesterday and today – working to portray him as someone concerned about citizen and family safety, not a violent threat to law enforcement.
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