Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Armed militias are complicating already tense, complex crackdowns on immigration, the Border Patrol has warned. The Associated Press reports that the Border Patrol issued a warning to agents to be on the look out for militias that are working in fatigues but have no authority law enforcement authority or training. The warning…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An armed militia leader drew criticism for urging U.S. residents in a video to confront and intimidate illegal immigrants who come across the border. The Los Angeles Times reports that Chris Davis has since removed the 21-minute YouTube video. “You see an illegal. You point your gun dead at him, right between…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Members of a Michigan militia, who were acquitted last year of trying to overthrow the federal government and murder police officers, are suing the FBI and Michigan State Police, saying feds violated their constitutional rights by raiding their homes and seizing their guns, the Detroit Free Press reports. The March 27 lawsuit…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Next time you might want to think twice before you have a guy named “Jersey Steve” as the best man at your wedding. The Detroit Free Press reports that ring leader David Stone Sr. of the Hutaree militia in Michigan grew so fond of his friendship with a trucker…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Looks like the U.S. Court of Appeals agrees with federal prosecutors that some members of the Christian militia called the Hutaree are too dangerous to be set free pending trial. The federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the leader of the Michigan-based group David Stone Sr. and four other members should…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Ex-Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Sunday he has concerns that local terrorist groups or militias could pick up ideas from violent groups overseas. “I agree with Sen. Lieberman, this is not of the order of magnitude of what we see global terrorists,” Chertoff said on Meet the Press….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI duped the members of the Christian militia in Michigan into going to what they thought was a memorial service at a warehouse in Ann Arbor over the weekend, the head of the Detroit FBI told the Associated Press. Andy Arena, special agent in charge of the Detroit FBI, said…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Andrew Arena, the head of the Detroit FBI, said Tuesday that other mainstream militias have distanced themselves from the nine members of the Christian militia in the Midwest who were indicted for plotting to kill law enforcement members. “I honestly think they don’t believe the same things this group does,” Arena…
