Radical Right Fringe Group in FBI Probe Was On SPLC Danger List

by Susan Marie Kovalinsky | March 29, 2010 at 08:37 am

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Michigan-based Hutaree.com Group is center of FBI probe; Planed violent opposition to US Government, and attacks on law enforcement

A radical right wing fringe group based in Michigan and at the center of an FBI probe is awaiting the Anti-Christ.

Their website, which detailed plans to kill police officers, has this statement:

"Jesus wanted us to be ready to defend ourselves using the sword and stay alive using equipment,"Hutaree.com reads. "The only thing on earth to save the testimony and those who follow it, are the members of the testimony, til the return of Christ in the clouds. We, the Hutaree, are prepared to defend all those who belong to Christ and save those who aren't. We will still spread the word, and fight to keep it, up to the time of the great coming."

Agents have charged nine suspects in an April plan to attack law enforcement officials. The group's leader, David Brian Stone, is one of the charged.

In the court indictment, it was stated the group planned to "oppose by violence the US government" and that plans to kill police officers and clash with law enforcement officials were included in the strategy of their planned April attack.

Seven of the suspects are due to be arraigned in court today.

Fox News has reported that FBI Field Office Director Andrew Arena in Detroit, has said the case is an example of "radical and extremist fringe groups" found throughout society.

The Christian-faith based group has a "Doctrine of Hutaree" which advocates that believes stand firmly in opposition to a corrupt government. A YouTube video put out by the group depicts camouflaged members with high-powered rifles preparing for a final battle of the forces of good and evil. Weapons are fired in the two minute segment.

One video that has been viewed more than 21,000 times, can be found on its YouTube channel and reveals the groups militia training.

Group was Listed with 512 Right Wing Extremist Patriot Groups Compiled by Southern Poverty Law Center

Hutaree was one of more than 500 right wing extremist "Patriot" groups listed on the Southern Poverty Law Center's compilation of groups which posed a threat to United States Government and society.

The SPLC had put out a report reveal a 244% increase in right wing militia groups under the Obama administration, and had pointed out the heightened dangers of an increased domestic terrorism presence in the US.

A spokesman for the Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia, Michael Lackomar, told the Associated Press that one of his team leaders got a frantic phone call Saturday evening from Hutaree members concerning a raid on their property in southeast Michigan by agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Hutaree was named in a list of 512 so-called active "patriot" groups in the U.S. last year by the Southern Poverty Law Center in its spring intelligence report on extremist organizations. Of those groups, 127 were militias, including Hutaree. The remaining groups, according to SPLC, engage in "groundless conspiracy theorizing" or advocate anti-government doctrines.

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Rory Cripps

at 10:27 on March 29th, 2010

Too bad you can't hear the music that accompanies the training video. tee hee . . . .

nanute

at 12:08 on March 29th, 2010

Is that Kenny G?

Rory Cripps

at 12:26 on March 29th, 2010

nanute: Sounds like a cross between Nirvana and the Byrds. But what the hell do I know. In all serious though, I looked at the video and these guys do appear to have the moves down. So as much as I hate to say it, there is a high probability that they pose a threat. But then again I hear that you pose a threat after a few Vodka and tonics and go on a progressive rant! LOL! : )

nanute

at 12:07 on March 29th, 2010

And in developing news, a suspect is arrested for threatening to kill Eric Cantor:According to the federal complaint against him, Norman Leboon of Philadelphia has admitted making some 2,000 videos that contained threats. A sampling of his "work" reveals rambling incoherent videos that mix pseudo-religious incantations with random warnings and threats. In one video he addresses President Obama, Vice President Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid by name and says, "Your punishment is coming, the swine, it will be severe, and you will beg for mercy to your god, it will be severe, you will know god's swine, god has warned you." (Some conservatives are already chortling over the fact that Leboon contributed to Obama's 2008 campaign, though it's not clear what that's supposed to signify.)TPM

And right wingers are rushing to the defense of the Hutaree and criticizing the FBI:

In the Wake of Arrests in Three States, Right-Wingers Rush to Defend Terror Suspects, Criticize FBI

Rory Cripps

at 12:29 on March 29th, 2010

nanute: Yeah! I agree! That guy that threatened Cantor is another left-wing loony tune. A lot of those types seem to be crawling out of the woodwork nowadays . . . . : )