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Militia group spotted near Oak Fire, Mariposa sheriff says
KTVU ^ | July 25, 2022 | KTVU Staff

Posted on 07/25/2022 6:52:01 PM PDT by artichokegrower

The Merced Sheriff's Department said a local militia group has activated itself to help in the effort against the out-of-control Oak Fire.

The sheriff's office said in a statement released Sunday, that they are not un-supportive of community groups helping neighbors, but they wanted to stress they have not requested assistance from any militia group.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktvu.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: deceptiveheadline; firstresponders; freemen; goodneighbors; lovethyneighbor; maga; militia; patriots; teaparty
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Piper Brown, a major with the California State Militia’s 2nd Regiment, who identified himself as a resident in the Mariposa area, told the Merced Sun-Star that his group’s role is to help residents who’ve been impacted by the fire.

Brown said his group has the ability to "feed hundreds through our mobile chow kitchen, we’ve got heavy-hauler trucks, we can get livestock moved, we’ve donated our own properties, hundreds of our own acres for cattle and horses, and we’ve been feeding people for two days."


The headline add it seem that the militia group was suspected of starting the fire.

1 posted on 07/25/2022 6:52:01 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Don’t waste your resources...might need them soon


2 posted on 07/25/2022 6:53:55 PM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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To: artichokegrower

Well, Sheriff, maybe you should THANK those guys instead of suggesting that there’s anything sinister about them?


3 posted on 07/25/2022 6:54:18 PM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Timber Rattler

From article:

“We have not activated them, they are acting on their own courteous accord,” the sheriff’s office said about their presence in the town of Mariposa, not far from Yosemite National Park. “We appreciate their efforts and any (of) the efforts of other private groups or entities helping our community.”


4 posted on 07/25/2022 6:57:01 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

After Uvalde, I think that it makes sense for Citizens to not rely on Government Employees to respond in a timely manner to emergency situations.


5 posted on 07/25/2022 6:58:49 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: artichokegrower

It is a rotten headline. Sickening.


6 posted on 07/25/2022 7:02:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Howie66

That’s how it was done in 1776.


7 posted on 07/25/2022 7:02:28 PM PDT by miserare ( Impeach Joe Biden!)
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To: Howie66

on July Fourth, in San Jose, They had a fire on the eastern side of the city, in the hills. SJPD were On the bullhorn trying to force the citizens putting the fire out, to stop.


8 posted on 07/25/2022 7:06:03 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (Buy JHP ammo, Level 3/4 armor and rifles. Won’t be able to for much longer, and we’re gonna need em)
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To: artichokegrower

How about “Militia group assisting victims of Oak Fire”?


9 posted on 07/25/2022 7:06:04 PM PDT by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Rural_Michigan

Resources were appropriate to employ years ago. They will answer the next call with similar uselessness.


10 posted on 07/25/2022 7:09:02 PM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
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To: artichokegrower

“What are you wearing ‘Jake’ from the fbi?” “Uh, camo cargo pants.”


11 posted on 07/25/2022 7:10:22 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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Maybe they’d rather wait for the Antifa people? I’m sure they got extra masks for the smoke, and plenty of molotov cocktails to help with the back-burning.


12 posted on 07/25/2022 7:13:30 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Fill your lamps!)
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To: SPDSHDW

Did the citizens stop the bullhorn?


13 posted on 07/25/2022 7:14:34 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: artichokegrower

The authorities sure know who all these “militia” groups are, but they can’t find any traces of BLM and Antifa anywhere.


14 posted on 07/25/2022 7:21:04 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: artichokegrower

Breaking News: Volunteer Firefighters spotted near fire!


15 posted on 07/25/2022 7:22:39 PM PDT by sevlex
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To: artichokegrower

Inmate volunteers from a nearby prison were used to fight a forest fire a few years ago. The forest service was glad to have them.


16 posted on 07/25/2022 7:27:21 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: artichokegrower

Today’s headline writers are merely click-bait artists.


17 posted on 07/25/2022 7:27:39 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: artichokegrower
By definition a militia is comprised of adult men of the local community. What kind of sheriff is it that has to apologize for that?

18 posted on 07/25/2022 7:31:43 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: artichokegrower

Going by the headline, I expected that the militia was suspected of starting the fire. SMH


19 posted on 07/25/2022 7:31:53 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Howie66

Next stop, the southern border.


20 posted on 07/25/2022 7:37:34 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true . . . . . I may not have proof, but they're true !)
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