US militia group draws members from military and police, website leak shows

[friendly_iconoclast]

Source: The Guardian

A Guardian investigation of a website leak from the American Patriots Three Percent shows the anti-government militia group have recruited a network across the United States that includes current and former military members, police and border patrol agents.

But the leak also demonstrates how the radical group has recruited from a broad swath of Americans, not just military and law enforcement. Members include both men and women, of ages ranging from their 20s to their 70s, doing jobs from medical physics to dental hygiene and living in all parts of the country...

...According to members who spoke to the Guardian, the website from which the list was leaked was set up by national leaders of Patriot Movement group, which is affiliated with the broader Three Percenter movement.

Names, phone numbers and even photographs of members were obtained by activists who then posted the data to an internet archiving site, and the Guardian cross-referenced these with public records and other published materials...

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/03/us-militia-membership-military-police-american-patriot-three-percenter-website-leak

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Anybody know what 'internet archiving site' the article references? Seems to me that there's a lot of doxxing that needs doing...

[zanana1]

1. That is really disappointing.

Who do we turn to when violence breaks out?

[Elessar Zappa]

3. Although most law enforcement lean right,

most aren't militia types. Yes, there's too many but they're still a small minority.

[friendly_iconoclast]

4. "Who do we turn to when violence breaks out?" The government has no obligation to protect you

The Deacons for Defense and Justice had the right idea, imo:

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/deacons-defense-and-justice/

Remembering Robert Hicks and the Deacons of Defense

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x331645

[mainer]

2. Handy dandy guide for whom to avoid doing business with

I certainly would avoid these people.

[kysrsoze]

5. Agree... doxx these nazi motherfuckers. Let everyone know who they are.

[ToxMarz]

6. With all that recruiting, what happens if they exceed 3%

do they at some point become what they oppose and disband

[Baked Potato]

7. Realistically, where else would they recruit from? The NRA flopped,

so they went straight to the people who may be easily convinced to join them. I think the basic goal is a big grift, with the side mission of “protecting the Constitution.” The constitutional angle is to lend legitimacy to them and convince followers their goals are in the interest of America.

Mailing lists are gold to them and these same lists can be used to un-radicalize Americans in the future.