 [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Paul Miller, 32, known to his 42,000 Telegram followers as 'Gypsy Crusader,' wept in court as he was sentenced to 41 months in prison on Tuesday The right-wing extremist was stockpiling ammunition and teaching himself to manufacture firearms in preparation for a 'coming civil war,' prosecutors said
- ‘I’m a political prisoner. It's scary dude,' Miller said in a call from his cell with a fan, which was played by the prosecution at his sentencing hearing
- Miller was confident that he would receive a lighter sentence, telling the caller that he would serve '18 months if everything goes okay'
- 'I was trying to do everything I could for us, trying to help our cause, trying to help our people and they just destroyed my life man, they destroyed everything,'
- Initially, Miller was arrested this March for omitting his status as a convicted felon on an application for a concealed-carry permit in 2018
- Two additional weapon charges were added after the FBI raided Miller's Fort Lauderdale home and discovered a rifle and 400 rounds of ammunition
- Prosecutors asserted that Miller, who 'want[ed] to accelerate a full-on race war in [his] lifetime' was on the precipice' of doing something with the weapons
- The evidence against him includes videos he filmed of himself approaching black individuals, calling them the N-word and threatening to attack them
- The videos also show him performing Nazi salutes while showing off his weapons and complaining about Jews
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