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This is exactly what I have been talking about. This is the result of a poor economy and the constant hate speech.

From HateWatch (part of the Southern Poverty Law Center):

Nine members of the Hutaree Militia were indicted today in what federal authorities are describing as a plot to murder a law enforcement officer in Michigan and then attack other officials who gathered for the funeral. The five-count indictment followed a series of raids in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana over the weekend.

The Hutaree Militia first came to the attention of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in 2009, when researchers found the group’s MySpace page. Two chapters of the militia, one in Michigan and one in Utah, were included on the SPLC’s list of militia groups released earlier this month. The Utah chapter held at least one training in 2009.

The Hutaree Militia had close links to several other American militias, according to the group’s MySpace profile. The profile, which carried the slogan “violence solves everything,” shows that the group has 366 “friends.” The militia’s page was linked to dozens of other militias, including the Ohio Militia, the Michigan Militia Corps, the Kentucky State Militia, the Central Texas Militia and others. The indictment alleges that in February “several of the conspirators attempted to travel to Kentucky to attend a summit of militia groups.”

The indictment charges the defendants with seditious conspiracy, attempted use of weapons of mass destruction, teaching the use of explosive materials and possessing a firearm during a crime of violence. (more...)

The ninth member of this group/gang has been located. He has turned himself in. High Five to the FBI.

From TPM:

Joshua Stone, the son of the leader of the Christian militia Hutaree who was the ninth person charged in an alleged plot to kill police, has surrendered and will appear in court today, the AP reports.

Stone was previously described as a fugitive.

Yesterday, the U.S. Attorney in Michigan announced that Hutaree leader David Brian Stone -- father of Joshua -- and his wife, another son, and four others were charged with seditious conspiracy, attempted use of weapons of mass destruction, teaching the use of explosive materials, and possessing a firearm during a crime of violence.

In another new development, Donna Stone, the ex-wife of David Stone, gave some insight to the AP on the origins of Hutaree, a group that, judging by its Web site, seemed preoccupied with preparing to battle the Antichrist.

"It started out as a Christian thing. You go to church. You pray. You take care of your family. I think David started to take it a little too far," Donna Stone told the AP. (more...)