In 2006, as millions were calling for a path to legalization and embracing a message of unity for the next generations of Americans, a few rifle-holding clowns on lawn chairs garnered more media attention from the middle of the desert: the Minutemen.
Their founder, Jim Gilchrist, was their hero for a second, before being booed off the minuteman political stage with accusations of fraud and financial mismanagement. It all ended on some back and forth nasty press releases, a break-up, and, of course, a lawsuit. The lawsuit is now over with Gilchrist forced to pay up nearly $20k to his former friends.
Now, the Minuteman Project and the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps work separately despite maintaining the same cause: lawn chairs in the desert.
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