Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

Haven’t finished reading but interesting so far

  • barrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 days ago

    But there was also an Ohio OB-GYN on the national board of directors [of the Oathkeepers] — he used to work for the Cleveland Clinic, I discovered, and now led a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.

    soviet-hmm

    In Rowan, Williams had found a particularly vulnerable target. He was on probation at the time. According to court records, earlier that year, Rowan had walked up to a stranger’s truck as she was leaving her driveway. She rolled down her window. He punched her several times in the face. When police arrived, Rowan began screaming that he was going to kill them and threatened to “blow up the police department.” He was convicted of misdemeanor assault.

    Apparently if you’re a nazi you get misdemeanor assault.