I finally got to see my rifle on display at the @USArmyMuseum today in their special exhibition of Revolutionary War artifacts in honor of America’s 250 year anniversary. The exhibition lasts through June 2027. Amazing museum. Lots of pics to come… 🧵


“Death from a distance…”

In the blink of an eye, a peaceful day of yardwork for Penny McCarthy turned into a nightmare. She was on her driveway in Phoenix, Arizona, in a sleeveless shirt, shorts, and slippers, when a team of United States Marshals pulled up in unmarked vehicles and aimed firearms at her. Video link:

I finally got to explore that abandoned amusement park in West Virginia where some kids died that’s also the site of a 1783 massacre of several children, and also a native burial ground that was disturbed/revealed by a 1980’s mud bog race on the property. Some pics…🧵

You’ve probably seen the “arrest for laughing” case that has gone repeatedly viral over the past few years. I’m actually the attorney on that case. Just yesterday the Court ruled on the officer’s motion to dismiss and request for qualified immunity. The officer claimed that flashing headlights to warn oncoming motorists was not protected free speech, and that he was justified in handcuffing, frisking and detaining the driver after he laughed at him. What did the Court rule?

It rained hard all day yesterday and now there’s terrible flooding in the southwest region of WV. Much of this area was sort of a “no man’s land” to the early Virginians. The only flat or traversable land is along the turbulent rivers and creeks… 🧵 In 1756, an allied force of 340 men from the Virginia Regiment, including a contingent of Cherokees (also included my 5th great grandfather) began an expedition to the Shawnee country (Ohio) after a period of massacres and attacks on the Virginia frontier.

Dementia Patient Arrested in Walmart as his Wife Shops | Lawyer Exposes Lies and Coverup
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My recent finds (ok, “acquisitions”) have one thing in common: a connection to the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant. I’m fairly sure I should now have the largest collection of Battle of PP artifacts ever assembled. Such as this powder horn… 🧵 Which belonged to Christopher Welch. It’s of large size, commonly seen on frontier-used Rev War and earlier period powder horns. Obviously you wanted to bring sufficient powder (ammo) when entering hostile territory for an extended period.

Here’s another original spike tomahawk, which I have a modern blacksmith made bench copy. The amazing thing about this original one is that it still has an extremely rare original haft. 🧵 Original 18th century spike tomahawk found in Central Pennsylvania along the Susquehanna River by the late Keith Collins, who was a friend of mine who found some amazing things over the years.

Happy Veteran's Day. This gun came out of Rhode Island and was owned by a Civil War general who, though he was not a great general, still to this day has had an interesting and lasting impact on popular American culture.🧵 He was also a gun designer, though he didn't make this particular gun, since he wasn't born yet. This is an original 18th century New England flintlock fowler (smoothbore) stocked in cherry.

Remember the old house photo I found last weekend at an estate sale? I found the house. Here’s what it looks like now (literally this evening).… 🧵 Here’s what it looks like now. Not all that different…

DOG PROPERTY LAWS

1. If I like it, it’s mine. 🧵 2. If it’s in my mouth, it’s mine.

Here are some pics of the site of Donnally’s Fort from yesterday. West Virginia’s 2nd largest frontier battle between Indians and Virginians. There’s no state park, museum or interpretive signs. It’s just a farm down a winding one lane road in a little mountain valley.🧵 There is an early 20th century stone monument at the site. Later excavation revealed it’s actually built into the foundation of the log fort structure that stood here. It’s currently in pretty bad shape.

Today we went to Cass Scenic Railroad - WV's Time Capsule on rails. 🧵
Founded in 1901 for logging, Cass, WV isn't just a town; it's a living museum. #CassScenicRailroad #HistoryOnTracks The railroad was the brainchild of the West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company. They needed a way to haul timber, and what's better than laying down some tracks? Thus, Cass was born out of necessity, a hub for lumberjacks and their families. #LoggingLegacy

People are flying their own helicopters in and actively rescuing people in NC and local government officials are threatening them with arrest. You don’t hate your government enough.



And now cops around the country are probably patiently awaiting my first fire department video...

Check out what I found in a thrift shop in Virginia today. If this is real, and I think it is, it’s one of the rarest things I’ve ever found… 🧵 During the Civil War, the South was poor and most southern soldiers didn’t have the usual kepi hat that you think of a CW soldier wearing.

I walked into a local antique shop this morning and saw this beat up antique musket sitting in this exact spot, on that table. I knew immediately this was something special, and nobody realized it. 🧵 It may appear like a Civil War era gun, but in reality, the carved initials on the stock were most likely carved by an American soldier during the Revolutionary War. I was told it recently came out of a local home in an estate sale.

You’ve seen the debate about the ballerina “trad” wife, who left her dance career to have a bunch of kids… I often get asked how a Florida boy ended up in rural WV. When I was in law school at UNC I met a girl… 🧵 She was a ballet teacher in rural West Virginia, where the local public HS had a classical ballet class. And she had a studio in the small town. All the little girls adored her.

Here's a conclusive sequence of events in the Sonya Massey shooting, verified with screenshots. 🧵

1:19:44 - First, Deputy Grayson asks Sonya for ID. "You're not in trouble, I just need your last name." 1:20:16 - As Sonya looks for her ID, Deputy Grayson notices a pot on the stove boiling and points it out to the other deputy.

GRAPHIC: Cop shoots Sonya Massey for holding a pot of steaming water, afterwards falsely claiming she “came at me with boiling water.” She had called them with reports of a possible prowler. They came inside and asked for her ID. She removed a pot of steaming water from the stove. Then the cops bizarrely acted afraid of the pot, shooting her in seconds.

Concerned about systemic inequality? Let’s talk about Kamala Harris and her career as a prosecutor that is almost never discussed by either side…🧵 Harris was a district attorney in San Fransisco from 2004 to 2011. She stood out there by being tough on crime in the form of prosecuting truant school children, sending letters to San Fransisco parents each year, threatening them with citations.

Today I received a memorandum order in a wrong house police raid case, dismissing one of our counts in the lawsuit. When I first saw the order, I read it to say that I was also ordered to show cause why I shouldn’t be sanctioned by the Court. Oh man….🧵 The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a family who came home to find on their surveillance cameras that cops had been in their house, including their kids bedrooms. Turns out they were looking for someone who didn’t live there.