New from the ADL: The Occupiers of the Malheur NWR

[tencats]

Read the full comprehensive report, Anatomy of a Standoff: The Occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters (PDF). http://www.adl.org/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Anatomy-of-a-Standoff-MalheurOccupiers.pdf

This report provides mini-profiles on 30 different occupiers and allies who have been at the wildlife refuge headquarters examining their backgrounds, ideologies, and activities. It also analyzes the composition of the occupiers, illustrating a number of important aspects to the participants in the takeover, including:

The importance of the 2014 Bundy Ranch standoff.

The ideological backgrounds of the extremists.

The lack of local participation.

The relative lack of leadership and experience.

[Gothmog]

1. Thanks for posting

[phantom power]

2. It depresses me how many of these yahoos are from AZ

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Noticed there was not anything about who is related to whom.

Yes there is three Bundy brothers,but some of the others are cousins and in laws.

[L. Coyote]

4. 17 out of 30 = 2014 standoff ".. take this country back from the Muslim porch monkey traitor.”

Of the 30 participants in the 2016 Oregon occupation identified by the Center on
Extremism, more than half (17 out of 30) appear to have actually participated in the 2014 Bundy
Ranch standoff in Nevada, a surprisingly high percentage. The proportion was even higher for
those taking part in the initial takeover. In other words, the Oregon takeover was a deliberate and
direct sequel to the Bundy Ranch standoff, a consequence of the federal government having
quickly backed down during that confrontation and not taking action since. In a sense, Ammon
Bundy “got the old gang together” for a new confrontation, one that would theoretically build
upon the success of his father’s confrontation.

... they tend to fall into one of two types of right‐wing antigovernment
movements: the so‐called “Patriot” movement and the Sagebrush Rebellion/Wise
Use movement.
About two‐thirds (15 of 23) of the extremists seem to have the “Patriot” movement as their
primary orientation. The “Patriot” movement is a collective term for a group of anti‐government
extremist movements and groups who share a belief that some sort of conspiracy has infiltrated
all or part of the government and turned it into an illegitimate, tyrannical government.

"... The vast majority of
occupiers were from Arizona, Utah, and Nevada, with a sprinkling from other states, mostly
western. A few came from as far away as Georgia and Ohio.

On January 1, 2016, Anderson praised
Ammon Bundy as a leader in Burns and said, “We must never hand victory to the New World
Order conspirators and political criminals without opposition.”

Joe Biggs. Based in Texas, Biggs is a “reporter” for the right‐wing conspiracy website Infowars,
run by Alex Jones. ....

Rance Harris. Harris, who has allegedly joined the occupiers, is an anti‐government extremist
from Oregon who also sports at least five different white supremacist tattoos. In April 2015,
Harris was one of a number of anti‐government extremists who mobilized to support the Sugar
Pine Mine, near Merlin, Oregon, in its conflict with the federal government.

Lequieu has made a number of racist comments on Facebook, including
a reference to “typical n_____ behavior.” He has called for a new American revolution several times,
one phrased thusly: “Time for a new revolution to begin in America to take this country back from
the Muslim porch monkey traitor.”

[Wellstone ruled]

5. What I meant is

several of these people are inter related to the three Bundy brothers.

[Cal Carpenter]

6. K & R