FBI gives evidence to tie militia to Gov. Whitmer plotters
Source: Associated Press/By ED WHITE
Prosecutors on Friday played secretly recorded audio from a 2020 meeting in the basement of a vacuum shop as they tried to show jurors how a paramilitary group was connected to a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
It was contemptuous talk about police and politicians in the makeshift home of Adam Fox who was recently convicted of conspiring to abduct Whitmer as a step toward kicking off a U.S. civil war, known to extremists as the boogaloo. The FBI intervened in the fall of 2020.
Joe Morrison, Paul Bellar and Pete Musico, members of a group called the Wolverine Watchmen, are charged with providing material support to Fox and others, though theyre not accused of directly participating in the kidnapping scheme.
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I like how you guys roll, man, Fox said at the Vac Shack, according to the audio recorded by an FBI informant.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/michigan-gretchen-whitmer-jackson-kidnapping-adam-fox-9525df60e4b0271ab04e3452e1f63240?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_09
pwb
(11,292 posts)A P use to be better than that.
ificandream
(9,387 posts)FredGarvin
(485 posts)Their intent was to kidnap and kill The Governor of The State of Michigan,
pwb
(11,292 posts)Working in a basement.
FredGarvin
(485 posts)and your point is?
pwb
(11,292 posts)is my thought on this. It reminds me of the female woman haters club.
FredGarvin
(485 posts)pwb
(11,292 posts)We discuss here and I feel this is a stretch for news.
blm
(113,101 posts)in my earlier post. I hope you read it and realize there is a lot more to this group of 3 who intended to kidnap and kill a Dem Governor. These are not benign bit players. This group has a body count.
Thank you.
blm
(113,101 posts)And it was responsible for the murders of law enforcement officers during the Floyd protests hoping BLM would be blamed.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-17/far-right-boogaloo-boys-linked-to-killing-of-california-lawmen-other-violence
And committed the worst of the violence during the Minneapolis Floyd protests - again, to blame BLM.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/522509-feds-say-far-right-group-coordinated-attack-on-minneapolis-police-precinct/
FredGarvin
(485 posts)Really strange opinions at times
muriel_volestrangler
(101,382 posts)Unbelievable. Are your posts meant to be performance art or something?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,382 posts)designed to minimise the story. They are accused of plotting to support the kidnap of a governor. I'm unaware of an "it's OK if you're in a basement" rule in American law. Or is it that you think that 3 people being accused somehow makes it trivial? Would it only be newsworthy if 2 people were accused? or 4?
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)ificandream
(9,387 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,778 posts)Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)TigressDem
(5,125 posts)These tiny operations are part of a bigger picture with Boogaloo or Civil War as the goal.
AND at any rate - the dumb F***s tried to kidnap and kill a Governor.
That they get consequences for their actions is news because it is a deterrent for others who might think they can get away with it.
It isn't to sensationalize their wrongdoing, but to show that breaking the law has consequences.
FredGarvin
(485 posts)Brutality 24/7/365.
Beatings, sex assaults, murder.
Suicide is the best exit for many
bluestarone
(17,060 posts)SENATORS were involved! Almost pulled it off, BUT they are actively continuing to succeed in this very same illegal activity!!
Ford_Prefect
(7,921 posts)This is part of a much larger pattern of violent behavior set off by Trump and the RW echo chamber. They see themselves as heroes saving America but they have no idea what America really is.
They are sick individuals who have been cultivated and groomed to extremism and racist hate by the RW.
Evolve Dammit
(16,778 posts)Genki Hikari
(1,766 posts)"Republics" and "Democratic Republics."
They could say it all day and twice on Sunday, but that didn't make it so.
Same thing with any r claiming to be a patriot.
The actual number who are patriots? ZERO.
Never have been. Never will be.
onetexan
(13,063 posts)In thought, exposure, environment, education.
Ford_Prefect
(7,921 posts)Ronald Regan, W Bush, both gulf wars, DJT, and the forever war now fought in Africa and elsewhere.