Arizona based activist Lane Myers surprised the First Amendment auditing community over the weekend as he returned to YouTube with a series of videos of videos with the intention to spread the word that Arizona based activist and former YouTuber James “James Freeman” Springer was facing domestic abuse charges.
Springer was arrested at the start of the month after an incident with his family that led to a low-speed police chase. The police chase resulted in an initial listing of charges against Springer and a $40,000.00 bond.
Over the past week, the vast majority of Arizona and Texas based auditors have come together and raised nearly $70,000.00 in donations on behalf of the activist.
Springer remains in custody despite earning more than his bond presumably due to the fact that his GoFundMe account was created last week and it takes some time for the deposits to be place in the account of Roy “Pigs Under Pressure” Tripoloni, who is running the campaign.
Myers left the First Amendment auditing community last year after being convicted on charges related to his negative interactions and doxing of the wife of a Pima county area prosecutor who prosecuted one of his criminal cases.
The YouTuber essentially removed all of the videos related to that criminal trial and abandoned his channel last Summer after his conviction. Springer moved to the area around the same time and quickly took over the leadership of the loose community of Arizona based first amendment auditors.
As noted, it was a surprise to many viewers to see Myers return to YouTube after nearly a year away from his YouTube channel.
His first videos concerned Dale “Lackluster” Hiller’s recent look at the charges that Springer was facing at the time of his arrest. Again, they are not the current charges as reflected in the Springer’s eAccess website.
Myers took great lengths to point out that despite Hiller’s claims otherwise; Springer was indeed facing criminal charges for domestic violence.
His third and fourth videos were updated to reflect the five misdemeanors and one felony charge that Springer is now facing. Myers explained that last Thursday’s hearing was likely an indictment hearing with an actual arraignment hearing coming for Springer on May 21, 2026.
Myers again went through the current charges and explained that the misdemeanor charges are all classified under Arizona law as domestic battery. He again called out Springer for domestic abuse.
He made no mention of his own previous victim or cases within Arizona’s court system other than alluding to the fact that he had “recently been through” the process that Springer is going through.
Myers’ comments brought a growing backlash among those who have claimed that he is jealous of the out pouring of support that Springer is currently receiving. It is notable that Myers’ arrest last year for doxing and harassment did not result in the same sort of public outcry or crowd sourced fundraising for his release.
That remarkable outpouring of support for Springer continued over the weekend as Springer surpassed $70,000.00 in total donations spread between his GoFundMe campaign and private donations taken via PayPal and other cash applications.
Angel “Kansas City Accountability” Moses took Sunday’s crowd sourcing title by taking in $1,888.00 towards his Justice for Unlawful Arrest in Ohio campaign. He was followed closely by Roy Tripoloni’s Support James Freeman’s Pretrial Release Fund, which took in $1,777.00 for the day.
Third place went to the shot multiple times – help Luis’ recovery & fight fund, which took in $77 and fourth place went to Central Tyrant Investigations’ Justice for Unlawful Arrest in Paduch campaign, which took in $25.00 for the day.
Tripoloni’s Freeman fund took top billing for Monday with a $880.00 take and first place. Moses took in $315.00 for second place and SeanPaul “Long Island Audit” Reyes placed third with $100.00 in new donations to his Detained for MY Rights – Continuing the Fight for OUR Rights campaign.
Jonathan “Frauditor Troll” Hudon-Huneault took fourth place by losing $5.00 in value due to conversion rate changes between CAD and USD.
No other campaigns that we follow received donations for either day.
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