Word: militiaization
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...committed. Former vice president Dan Quayle's incorrect spelling of potato (with an e) seems to be on the same level of immorality as Sen. Bob Packwood's (R-Wash.) sexual harassment. By portraying so much of the government as corrupt, negative campaigning can also fan the flames of militia groups who believe there is no part of the government worth saving and are willing to start over from scratch...
Though the FBI has been worried that the scene at Justus could become a magnet for armed fringe groups, representatives of the self-proclaimed militias around the Western states have also been denouncing the Freemen as ordinary criminals. "Those people are crooks," says Bob Wright, who leads a militia unit in New Mexico. "This is not a militia issue...
...thing, there are no children in the barn with the militia members. That alone is comforting fact; this is not going to be a slaughter of people who have never violated a single law. (All those inside the barn are trespassing, currently...
...another, people who haven't acted with care in the past are making a large effort to do so now. Many militia members, who are often portrayed in the media as groups of raving, trigger-happy madmen, are very rationally and deliberately avoiding provoking federal agents...
...request of federal officials who ordered them to stay away from "Justus Township," the Freeman's 960-acre wheat farm. The FBI today also rejected white separatist Randy Weaver's offer to mediate an end to the standoff, saying he was incendiary and could attract hordes of media and militia members. FBI agents surrounded the compound March 25, when two Freemen leaders were arrested. Since then, three others have been taken into custody. One member of the group, Richard E. Clark, surrendered to federal authorities on Saturday and will be arraigned Monday on charges of fraud, conspiracy and armed robbery...