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catman
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 Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:23 pm Post subject: 'Christian warrior' militia accused in plot to kill police |
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Nine people federal prosecutors say belong to a "Christian warrior" militia were accused Monday of plotting to kill a Michigan law enforcement officer and then attack other police at the funeral.
Six Michigan residents, two residents of Ohio and an Indiana resident were indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit, Michigan, on charges of seditious conspiracy, attempted use of weapons of mass destruction, teaching the use of explosive materials and possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade and FBI Special Agent in Charge Andrew Arena announced.
All but one of the suspects -- Joshua Matthew Stone, the 21-year-old son of the militia's leader -- were in custody by Monday morning and seven of them made their initial appearances before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald A. Scheer, prosecutors said.
Joshua Stone was captured Monday night in Michigan's Hillsdale County, an FBI spokeswoman said.
Read the indictment (PDF)
The five-count indictment unsealed Monday charges that between August 2008 and the present, the defendants, acting as a Lenawee County, Michigan, militia group called the Hutaree, conspired to use force to oppose the authority of the U.S. government.
Attorney General Eric Holder called it "an insidious plan by anti-government extremists."
The group says on its Web site that Hutaree means "Christian warrior" and proclaims on its home page, "Preparing for the end time battles to keep the testimony of Jesus Christ alive."
In the "About Us" section of the Hutaree Web site, the group says, "We believe that one day, as prophecy says, there will be an Anti-Christ. All Christians must know this and prepare, just as Christ commanded."
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit organization that monitors hate groups and other fringe organizations, lists the Hutaree as a "Patriot" group militia.
"Generally, Patriot groups define themselves as opposed to the 'New World Order,' engage in groundless conspiracy theorizing or advocate or adhere to extreme anti-government doctrines," the Southern Poverty Law Center said in a report, "Rage on the Right: The Year in Hate and Extremism."
The Law Center also defines Patriot groups as "militias and other organizations that see the federal government as part of a plot to impose 'one-world government' on liberty-loving Americans."
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Appears to be a lot of angry white men in America these days.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/29/michigan.arrests/index.html?hpt=T1 |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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My questions:
1. Were they Mirandaized and if so, will the ones who did it be fired?
2. Will they be waterboarded?
3. Will the trial be a civil or a military trial?
4. If guilty, will they be penned up in Guantanamo or will FEMA finally be allowed to set up a prison camp for them in some godforsaken desert?
Bonus question: Were the helicopters black? |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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If these guys can be charged with
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why can't Osama bin Laden?
Oh, that's right, OBL is not even wanted for that crime, according to the FBI. |
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