IPFS News Link • Police State
IPFS News Link • Police State
These guys make the Oath Keepers
look like model citizens. The FBI raided a Michigan-based Christian
militia group this weekend for allegedly plotting a campaign of
violence against police officers, and to use WMD against Americans. The
Feds claim the Hutaree "conspired to oppose by force the authority of the U.S. government."
According to the indictment,
"Hutaree members view local, state, and federal law enforcement as the
'brotherhood,' their enemy, and have been preparing to engage them in
armed conflict." So in order to oppose the government, the Hutaree
targeted one of the Oath Keepers' core consituencies: police officers.
You'd think this would turn Oath Keepers against this anti-cop militia. But according to initial responses on the group's website,
the anti-government ethos is strong enough to dispel "rumors"
propagated by the mainstream media. Members were quick to call the
raids a "set up" and potentially the start of a government crackdown on
militias (which are constitutionally legal). Eric Hansen, for one,
notes that the FBI raided a funeral where Hutaree members were "paying
respects for a member who died recently."
That sounds heartless. Until you look at the Hutaree's detailed
strategy to kill police officers. According to federal prosecutors, the
Hutaree planned to murder a cop and detonate explosives at his funeral
to increase the police body count. The indictment also states that the
group planned to threaten police families, and place fake 911 calls
luring cops into danger.