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Michael Hill, an Ohio militia chaplain, was shot and killed early Wednesday morning in a confrontation with a policeman in Frazeysburg, a small Ohio town some 50 miles northeast of Columbus. Militia members who were following Hill in a separate car claim that he was executed by the policeman,TIME correspondent Ed Barnes reports. But local police say that Hill pulled a .45-cal. semiautomatic handgun and pointed it at the policeman, who then fired four shots, hitting Hill three times. According to sworn affidavits obtained by TIME, Ken Adams, leader of theNorthern Michigan Militia, and three militia witnesses...
...Ohio militia chaplain returning home from a training camp was shot and killed Wednesday morning in a confrontation with a policeman in Frazeysburg, a small Ohio town some 50 miles northeast of Columbus. Militia members claim that Michael Hill, the chaplain, was executed by the policeman,TIME correspondent Ed Barnes reports. But local police say that Hill pulled a .45-cal. semiautomatic handgun and pointed it at the policeman, who then fired four shots, hitting Hill three times. According to sworn affidavits obtained by TIME, Ken Adams, leader of theNorthern Michigan Militia,and three militia witnesses say the officer...
...given speeches in 44 states. Says Michael Reynolds, an intelligence analyst with the Southern Poverty Law Center's Klanwatch program: "He was an early bird in this particular cycle of right-wing extremism, and he has a style people want to hear.'' Koernke's defenders, like those of other militia grandees, note that he does not urge supporters to make a first strike on the government agencies they hate. Reynolds demurs: "Sure," he says, "many of the people attracted to him are weekend warriors, but you are talking about weapons training here, and you are also attracting people...
...tape has become more popular, Koernke has been speaking continuously. He has allied himself at various times with movement firebrand Linda Thompson and the Militia of Montana, one of the most aggressive purveyors of the militia concept. Nine months ago, G. Michael Callahan, an Arizona coin and precious-metals dealer, began sponsoring The Intelligence Report five days a week on short-wave radio. Koernke has made two popular sequels to his video. And all that was before Oklahoma City...
...thus immortalized, has received death threats and at least once has posted armed guards at his house. He has faced off with Sam Donaldson. True, the attention can be a nuisance. Some viewers are intrigued by his 1993 tape inviting "experts" in various types of weaponry to join the militia-at-large Raider Company based in Dexter. Last September in the Michigan town of Fowlerville, three men claiming to be Koernke's "bodyguards" and "unorganized militia" members were arrested while transporting a .357 magnum revolver, three semiautomatic pistols, three loaded assault rifles...