Posted on 11/07/2002 6:07:19 AM PST by mostlyundecided
Former Michigan Militia Leader's Home Raided
U.S. Marshals Find Guns, Ammunition Inside
Posted: 8:27 a.m. EST November 7, 2002
Updated: 8:48 a.m. EST November 7, 2002
U.S. Marshals raided the home of a former leader of the Michigan Militia Wednesday night.
Federal authorities went to the Dexter home of Mark Koernke (pictured, left) to serve a warrant for illegal use of radio equipment. Inside they found a stash of guns and ammunition, Local 4 reported.
Koernke is currently in custody on other weapons charges.
Federal authorities believe that weapons they seized Wednesday night belong to Koernke and not his family. He could face new federal firearms charges if the weapons belong to him, the station reported.
Yes, I agree. But there is also a need to "follow-the-trail" to leadership, not just round-up the self-sacrificial peons.
Not that I think that Koernke is associated with AQ terrorism,
but he's gone out of his way to "push-the-envelope" and agitate on the extreme right.
As I said, I may empathize, but it is also with EXTREME wariness of the types of kooks that are also attracted to that message. Many are truly emotionally unbalanced with racial/ethnic/religious ignorance and bigotry.
Koernke didn't know about the robbery until after the chase. He didn't know why they were chasing him, but fled anyway because he "feared for his life and his son's safety".
Yes, but it's worse: He was using VHF-FM! His broadcasts had a range of two, maybe four miles...
The latter may or may not be a symptom of the former. Have you read Joel Dyer's Harvest of Rage, perchance?
Mark K. just underlines the truth of the old saw about there being no victims, only volunteers...
No. But back when I lived in Michigan, and before I had Internet access, I occasionally listened to Koernke on the radio if whatever was on TV was totally unwatchable. He's an interesting kook, but I couldn't take a steady diet of it. Not familiar enough to know how far over the edge he may be, but he definitely is out there on the fringe.
Thanks so much for posting the information. I have a question and please forgive me if it is a stupid question. My understanding is that Koernke is in prison during the broadcast and the raid, right? So how can he be responsible? Who was broadcasting?
Just to let some of those who have posted concerns about racist militia: I met his wife about 6 years ago at a homeschooling conference run by a Christian Homeschooling group in Michigan. This is an inclusive group who have many blacks and non-Protestant members. I doubt seriously that his family would be involved with a group as inclusive as this one was and is if he was part of a racist militia. I've never heard that particular accusation made against him. However, he was being hounded by the feds back then, in 1996. I think his views were considered dangerous, i.e. too politically incorrect.
Again, thanks for the information.
Carolyn
The government (or better yet, the globalists who control it) have much to gain by ignoring real terrorists. Not only do they get to pass more draconian, Constitution shredding legislation, but a terrified population is much easier to control and eventually, by default or design, effectively enslave.
The person she interviewed was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair magazine by the name of Sebastian Junger. It was a load of crap. According to Nancy Koernke's latest internet-only radio show, a lawsuit is in order.
Carolyn
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