When trying to curb the worst of militias, law enforcement — from local beat cops to politicians passing new laws — inevitably run into questions of constitutional rights (the right to assemble, the right to bear arms) while also trying to keep communities safe. How do they know whom to go after, when to go after them, and how to stop them? [More]
Easy. You infiltrate the self-outing low-hanging fruit, set them up, and then sit back and bask in headline glory.
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One may infer that every 'militia group' taken down by the feds or the locals has been a set up, put up deal.
Surely serious dissidents aren't pimping themselves on the socmed outlet of the day.
No one knew what Ayers, Dohrn, Boudin et al were cooking up in that apartment until the expert bombmaker screwed up and blew up the building.
"militia"
You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means. -- Inigo Montoya in "The Princess Bride"
"Perhaps I can be of assistance." -- Web Smith in "Rising Sun"
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=militia&f=treesort&fq=true&num=5&hl=true
"How do they know whom to go after, when to go after them, and how to stop them?"
Go after them why? Because you WANT to? Because you're a sick control freak who cannot tolerate dissidents?
Stop them from what? Getting together and discussing politics? Doing a little target practice with their personally owned firearms? Maybe stop them from volunteering to assist their local Sheriff's office in the event of natural disasters or other emergencies?
Oh, you mean you want to stop them from potentially stopping YOU? Oh, ok... it all makes sense now.
Yep. Set 'em up and knock 'em down is the old stand-by formula. Seems to work often enough.
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