posse co michlt tatus. all through the 197 0z mr. gale worked the farm belt states specifically planting chapters in clusters in places like kansas and texas. his texas chapter was founded by this guy, who s named gordon call. before the posse comitatus thing got going, gordon call had already announced that he would no longer pay income taxes because he said he was sovereign as a man. he said the government was satan. and for a long time it was one thing to be that one lone guy in texas with that crazy idea. but along comes this good organizer guy with the posse comitatus idea and all of a sudden he s the leading member of a movement. you know, the sheriff is the only law. way out there. racist christian identity movement called the posse comitatus. gordon kahl, the die from texas, he ended up serving time in prison for not paying his taxes because he didn t believe he had to. then he got out on parole, and he violated his parole. and once he violated his parole,