Posted on 03/28/2010 5:39:13 PM PDT by cycle of discernment
ADRIAN, Mich. – The FBI said Sunday that agents conducted weekend raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio and arrested at least three people, and a militia leader in Michigan said the target of at least one of the raids was a Christian militia group.
FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said there had been activity in two southeast Michigan counties near the Ohio state line. She wouldn't say whether they were tied to the raids in the other states.
Michael Lackomar, a spokesman for the Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia, said one of his team leaders got a frantic phone call Saturday evening from members of Hutaree, a Christian militia group, who said their property in southwest Michigan was being raided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
"They said they were under attack by the ATF and wanted a place to hide," Lackomar said. "My team leader said, 'no thanks.' "
In Michigan, police swarmed a rural, wooded property around 7 p.m. Saturday outside Adrian, about 70 miles southwest of Detroit, said Evelyn Reitz, who lives about a half-mile away. She said several police cars, with lights flashing, were still there Sunday evening and 15 to 20 officers were stationed in the area.
"They're your average, nice neighbors," Holtz said. There were rumors about ties to a militia, but Holtz she knew nothing of that from her interaction with them.
One of the raids in Ohio occurred at Bayshore Estates, a trailer park in Sandusky, a small city on Lake Erie between Toledo and Cleveland, park manager Terry Mills said. Authorities blocked off the street for about an hour Saturday night, he said.
"Needless to say, this has everyone talking," said Mills, 62. "We have a lot of retirees here who don't want all this commotion."
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Here come the brownshirts!!
noted.
White men who did not vote for Dear Leader = terrorists.
Meanwhile the Islamics and Black Panthers arm and rehearse?
This is from our local newspaper
What exactly were the arrests for?
Was it just because they happened to have been ‘gun-toting crazy right-wingers?’
The article gives sketchy information at best, just that they belonged to ‘militia.’ I would like to learn more because so far this sounds like Janet Reno redux.
I wonder how much it costed us to apprehend these daaaangerous characters?
I noticed that no specific charges were cited in the article. I wonder what the actual charges are.
take that all you radicals who are against obama’s law.
That's what they want you to say.
The Brownshirts are naked.
Another Ruby Ridge, but at least no one was killed.
Guess nothing good happens in trailer parks.
Well them gun toting rightwingers are more dangerous that a panty bomber flying over Detroit.
Great—another case of someone having a shotgun 1/4” too short and the government goes ape.
“Another Ruby Ridge, but at least no one was killed.”
Do you really believe everything you read?? If someone was killed and there’s a big mess, we may not know for quite some time.
Sorry to say white people did vote for BO. Statistically, blacks make up 13% of the general population. Therefore, whites had to vote for this loser who is in way over his head.
0bama’s SS shock-troopers in action?
Lackomar said he heard from other militia members that the FBI targeted the Hutaree after its members made threats of violence against Islamic organizations. [...]
One of the Hutaree members called a Michigan militia leader for assistance Saturday after federal agents had already began their raid, Lackomar said, but the militia member -- who is of Islamic decent and had heard about the threats -- declined to offer help. That Michigan militia leader is now working with federal officials to provide information on the Hutaree member for the investigation, Lackomar said Sunday.
From The Detroit News:
http://detnews.com/article/20100328/METRO/3280313/Seven-arrested-in-FBI-raids-linked-to-Christian-militia-group=#ixzz0jWQgVqUC ar:
the brownie round up has begun.
Might help if these guys would get better looking web sites...
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