Not guilty, not sorry: Sisolak Facebook rant author exonerated

CARSON CITY — Steve Feeder is not guilty, and not sorry.

The Las Vegas antheral is connected a quest to dispersed the connection that the past of 3 charges against him person been dropped relating to dozens of angry, ranting comments helium posted connected Gov. Steve Sisolak’s Facebook leafage backmost successful May 2020, amid the archetypal statewide COVID-19 lockdown.

“I conscionable got caught up successful the moment,” Feeder said Monday, describing however the lockdown affected him. “I was conscionable pissed disconnected due to the fact that of the information that everything was unopen down.”

But, helium added, “I bash not regret what I said.”

Among statements mild capable to print, helium called the politician a “tyrant,” but made different comments deemed threatening — as galore arsenic 34 of them.

After a sojourn from the governor’s information detail, Feeder, a disabled Coast Guard seasoned who had mislaid his income occupation erstwhile the pandemic deed and is present retired, was charged with 3 misdemeanors. In October 2020, a Las Vegas Justice Court justice dismissed 1 of them — interfering with a nationalist serviceman by menace of unit oregon violence.

Later the aforesaid month, aft a seat trial, helium was recovered not blameworthy connected a complaint of provoking breach of the peace.

Then this past October, his lawyer moved to person the past complaint dismissed connected treble jeopardy grounds, arguing the complaint — publishing substance inciting breach of bid — was akin to the complaint for which helium was antecedently exonerated. The authorities did not reason the question and the lawsuit against Feeder was closed Nov. 2.

“I conscionable deliberation it’s lone fair. Even to this time radical inactive inquire maine astir it,” Feeder said. “I’ve had imaginable employers inquire maine astir it. They saw the news. Google my name, it pops up.”

But would helium bash it each implicit again?

“I person nary regrets,” helium said.

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