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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNames of elected officials and police chiefs are on a leaked Oath Keepers list
It is scary to see so many public officials who are on the membership list for this terrorist organization. These idiots need to be disqualified from serving in public office because they are members of an organization that part of an insurrection
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The names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of a far-right extremist group thats accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, according to a report released Wednesday.
The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism pored over more than 38,000 names on leaked Oath Keepers membership lists and identified more than 370 people it believes currently work in law enforcement agencies including as police chiefs and sheriffs and more than 100 people who are currently members of the military.
It also identified more than 80 people who were running for or served in public office as of early August. The membership information was compiled into a database published by the transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets.
The data raises fresh concerns about the presence of extremists in law enforcement and the military who are tasked with enforcing laws and protecting the U.S. Its especially problematic for public servants to be associated with extremists at a time when lies about the 2020 election are fueling threats of violence against lawmakers and institutions.
Even for those who claimed to have left the organization when it began to employ more aggressive tactics in 2014, it is important to remember that the Oath Keepers have espoused extremism since their founding, and this fact was not enough to deter these individuals from signing up, the report says.
The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism pored over more than 38,000 names on leaked Oath Keepers membership lists and identified more than 370 people it believes currently work in law enforcement agencies including as police chiefs and sheriffs and more than 100 people who are currently members of the military.
It also identified more than 80 people who were running for or served in public office as of early August. The membership information was compiled into a database published by the transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets.
The data raises fresh concerns about the presence of extremists in law enforcement and the military who are tasked with enforcing laws and protecting the U.S. Its especially problematic for public servants to be associated with extremists at a time when lies about the 2020 election are fueling threats of violence against lawmakers and institutions.
Even for those who claimed to have left the organization when it began to employ more aggressive tactics in 2014, it is important to remember that the Oath Keepers have espoused extremism since their founding, and this fact was not enough to deter these individuals from signing up, the report says.
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Names of elected officials and police chiefs are on a leaked Oath Keepers list (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Sep 2022
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Johnny2X2X
(19,001 posts)1. Traitors
Every last one of them. A bigger threat than ISIS, they should all be jailed.
Wrestlefire769
(84 posts)2. Our Sheriff is a known Oathkeeper.
What frightens many of us, even in supposed blue states, is the little red corners which are popping up in places like this.
The fact is, we've known our Sheriff is, in fact, at least a former -- if not current -- Oathkeeper. It's one of the reasons we have zero faith in getting concerns heard about making our lives more livable as law-abiding citizens.