13 right wing nutcases charged in plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Whitman.
Amazing how brazen and delusional the right has gotten in recent years.Today in CNN;
13 charged in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
By Christina Carrega, Veronica Stracqualursi and Josh Campbell, CNN
Washington (CNN)Thirteen people were charged Thursday in an alleged domestic terrorism plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, federal and state officials announced.
The alleged scheme included plans to overthrow several state governments that the suspects "believe are violating the US Constitution," including the government of Michigan and Whitmer, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Six people were charged federally with conspiracy to kidnap, and seven other people, associated with the militia group "Wolverine Watchmen," were charged by the state, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced.
"The individuals in (state) custody are suspected to have attempted to identify the home addresses of law enforcement officers in order to target them, made threats of violence intended to instigate a civil war, and engaged in planning and training for an operation to attack the capitol building of Michigan and to kidnap government officials, including the governor of Michigan," Nessel said at a press conference.
The arrests are likely to draw additional attention to the political tensions roiling the nation in the closing weeks of the 2020 election season, and underline warnings from law enforcement officials, members of Congress and groups that track extremism about the increasing threat of extremist and far-right groups. Whitmer at times has been the focus of extreme vitriol from far-right groups over her handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
In an interview on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" on Thursday night, Whitmer thanked law enforcement for making the arrests.
"This is unlike anything we have seen before. The brave men and women of these two police organizations put their lives on the line to keep me and my family safe," she said. "I'm incredibly grateful and humbled by the work they do."
In televised remarks Thursday afternoon, Whitmer said she "knew this job would be hard, but I'll be honest, I never could've imagined anything like this." She specifically blamed President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly declined to condemn far-right groups.
"Just last week, the President of the United States stood before the American people and refused to condemn white supremacists and hate groups like these two Michigan militia groups," she said. "'Stand back and stand by,' he told them. 'Stand back and stand by.' Hate groups heard the President's words not as a rebuke, but as a rallying cry, as a call to action. When our leaders speak, their words matter. They carry weight."
In response, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Whitmer is "sowing division."
"President Trump has continually condemned white supremacists and all forms of hate," McEnany said in a statement to CNN. "Governor Whitmer is sowing division by making these outlandish allegations. America stands united against hate and in support of our federal law enforcement who stopped this plot."
The six charged by the federal government are Michigan residents Adam Fox, 37, Ty Garbin, 24, Kaleb Franks, 26, Daniel Harris, 23, Brandon Caserta, 32, and Delaware resident Barry Croft, 44.
The seven people charged by the state are Paul Bellar, 21, Shawn Fix, 38, Eric Molitor, 36, Michael Null, 38, William Null, 38, Pete Musico, 42, Joseph Morrison, 42. They face a variety of firearm and terror charges.
The FBI became aware of the scheme, first reported by The Detroit News, in early 2020 through a social media group of individuals.
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BLM, Black Lives Matter, is a name which states the ethos of the movement, likewise Antifa, or anti fascist. It's external to the individual group members' identity. It's to do with some level of common belief, or understanding even if their are different perspectives with the group.
Names like Proud Boys and Wolverine Watchmen are names which provide identity for group members. Join the group and members get to borrow a personality that lives up to gender role stereotyping.
A name like the Brotherhood is a bit inbetween and indeed has been used more times than you can shake a stick at. In some ways it implies a manifesto of unity, but it can also describe membership idendity with respect to it's masculinity.
And then again, there's this...
Have a look at the video footage in this tweet thread of some of the accused
They appear to be anti police, and anti government, and one of the guys has an anarchist (antifa) symbol hanging up behind him. All the hallmarks of far left extremists.
Does it not fit your preferred narrative?
Videos are easy to manipulate and appear real, which is why those with an open mind rarely watch them.
Many tragically will ignore the barbarians at the gate though and continue to look for scapegoats elsewhere. Ostrich parasitic syndrome. These Marxists want to burn it all down. Better wake up soon or you might not have a nation left at all.
The murder suspect is Matt Dolloff - a registered Democrat who took part in Occupy Wallstreet protests and who aligns with Bernie, AOC and others in the socialist movement
A picture of the moment he shot and killed the other man shows them about 8 feet apart. It appears no sooner had the other man sprayed the mace that the murder suspect shot him in return. I'd say it's quite possible he had his firearm drawn already.
Scary name.
Problem is these days if one starts a group then most of the members are waiting in anticipation with their camera phones to take a video of anything that might be a 'hit' on you tube or to publish it on social media..
Where has 'loyalty' gone to?
Trump is up for reelection and someone is running against him. It happens to be the vice-president of a previous administration who did a successful 8 years of growth.
It appears you've got a problem with that.
You are totally devoid of ANY common sense whatsoever!
Clearly, it is obvious, that you have been so deceived into believing propaganda,
that you not only think it is appropriate to attempt to antagonize someone on their own blog,
but to actually support the officially worst president in US history. Trump was such a horrendous leader,
that he failed miserably with his #1 job - protecting the American people.
Over 222,000 Americans dead from Covid-19 in the last 8 months alone.
Plus, not a word to Putin about the bounties paid to the Taliban for killing our soldiers in Afghanistan. Disgusting !!
the reason Trump is here
Lets re-elect him right after Mexico pays for the wall and the infrastructure has been re-built by him.
Regardless, I told everyone I was adding one more Republican against Trump per day (out of hundreds) to the one blog until after the election. Deal with it.
The irony of you, who posting ancient jokes on here, protesting me for having "old news"
and doing it on a blog that was brought back to the top by someone from your side of the political aisle.
However, perhaps the most hypocritical part is that your protests are mysteriously missing from Nam's blogs where hardly anyone else posts anything and he brings them back to the top something like 50 days in a row. The blogs are full of his comments by themselves. Yet, no protest from you.
Don't get me wrong, I don't protest his actions either. But, you appearing with a protest here, and none there says a LOT about your character.