Life ain't easy after you've been accused of being a domestic terrorist -- even if the charges eventually get dismissed.
Just ask Tina Stone, one of nine members of the Hutaree Christian militia, who were charged with plotting to revolt against the government, in a high-profile case in Detroit that imploded and left the feds embarrassed. The judge ended up dismissing all the terrorism charges before the case went to the jury for deliberations, concluding they never planned to attack the government.
Stone (pictured here), her husband David, there two sons and five other men were charged in the case. While all the terrorism charges were dismissed, David Stone and his son later pleaded guilty to gun charges for possessing machine guns.
Now Tina Stone and her husband can't get jobs, she tells WXYZ's Heather Catallo.
“I was exonerated from all those charges, acquitted, and it’s like nobody knows what acquitted means… I have not been able to get a job, or even get called on a job interview. And the same thing goes for David,” said Stone.
She also wants all her belongings back that the feds seized.
On Tuesday, WXZY was there when the FBI returned six guns of Stone's. She still says she's waiting for other belongings.
As for the militia movement, she told WXYZ that it's still there: “You can’t take down an idea. And the idea was for people to be able to defend themselves, defend the Constitution, and go on with their lives." -- A.L.
