Posted on 01/16/2020 11:27:23 AM PST by Brilliant
Federal authorities arrested three men allegedly linked to a violent white-supremacist group who had discussed traveling to a pro-gun rally Monday in Richmond, Va., and preparing for a possible race war, according to a law-enforcement official.
Two of the men, one a former Canadian Army reservist in the U.S. illegally, face charges including transporting a firearm and ammunition with intent to commit a felony, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Maryland. One was also charged with transporting a machine gun, and the third man was charged with transporting and harboring an illegal alien.
Online court records didn’t list attorneys for any of the men. They are scheduled to appear Thursday afternoon in federal court in Greenbelt, Md.
Virginia authorities are preparing for thousands of people to attend a pro-gun rally Monday at the state Capitol. On Wednesday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam temporarily banned firearms from the Capitol grounds, citing law-enforcement concerns about weaponized drones and armed militias.
Rally organizers are responding to gun-control bills Democratic lawmakers have aimed to pass since they won control after November elections over both chambers of the state Legislature. Several bills have cleared committees since lawmakers convened last week, including one to expand background checks for gun purchases and a red-flag measure to disarm people deemed dangerous.
The three men arrested Thursday are members of white supremacist group “the Base,” authorities said. Members in encrypted chat rooms have discussed topics like creating a “white entho-state,” ways to make improvised-explosive devices and violence against African-Americans and Jewish Americans, a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent said in an affidavit filed in court.
White supremacist groups like the Base also discuss “accelerationism,” a concept that refers to a desire to speed up the collapse of modern society, according to the Anti-Defamation League...
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illegal immigration...what’s that?
“ Two of the men, one a former Canadian Army reservist in the U.S. illegally...”
That’s one less Illegal Alien.
This is an attempt to recreate the Charlottesville hoax.
This is an agency which has proved repeatedly they're more than willing to lie, conspire and break any laws and even attempt to undermine, compromise and overthrow a legitimately elected president of the United States.
Based on that, I find your response even more inquisitive based on these facts, and that you seem more than eager to believe them and these media reports.
Have they claimed that Pres Trump colluded with them yet?
See post 39. I’ve been following this case for months. Have you?
Personally, I’m glad they are in jail.
I think the posters are pro-cop, but opposed to gun laws. In this case, the two viewpoints are opposed to one another, so they’ve got to choose.
It doesn’t help that the FBI is involved given the general lack of trust folks have for the FBI these days.
I was not aware that the FBI ever used the phrase “illegal alien”, especially in Virginia.
What if they started arresting more people for transportation of illegals?
Oh, wait. It’s a Canadian...
Watta bunch of meadow muffins. Good grief.
Why is it that only blacks browns and yellows are allowed to have ethnically “pure” states, but it’s an affront to everyone’s sensitivities if whites want the same thing for themselves? Whites are the ONLY ones on this earth who have to have “diversity” thrust upon them. And if whites want an ethnically pure country we are deemed to be “supremacists”. I don’t get this f’n double standard. I really don’t.
The issue here is that murders continue unabated in all of the nation’s cities while the FBI investigates “white nationalists”.
It is like looking in the ocean with a microscope while sharks circle the boat.
So constitution-supporting Second Amendment advocates are supposed to somehow be tarred by an illegal alien agitator who was making baiting statements left and right and sounds for all the world like a plant or an informant?
When all else fails, make a show arrest of your own plants I guess? It’s all about the propaganda value anyhow.
--- and you know this for a fact how? The term "white supremacist" as used in the article screams propaganda but you use neo-nazi. Why?
White Supremacists arrested just in the nick of time ... uh-huh.
NOT BUYING IT.
They don't just want a white homeland. They want to accelerate a race war. They believe in The Great Replacement and that Jews are behind it all.
They broke the law, they should be brought to justice.
On the other hand leftists politicians will play dirty. Be careful.
I'm curious, what are your sources?
Google The Great Replacement. It’s where the chant “you will not replace us” comes from. It’s a theory The Base and other groups ascribe to. These idiots were in this group and have been for some time. I’m no fan of the FBI, but you cannot take the actions of some and project them on thousands of other employees. This is a solid case.
“following this case for months”
What case? They were arrested 2 Jan.
How did the FBI find the time to arrest these guys, when they’re busy trying to frame the duly elected President of the United States?
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