WILL BE CANVASSING THE AREA AND
LOOKING AT NEIGHBORHOOD
SURVEILLANCE AS WELL.
>> JASON: ALL RIGHT. THE LATEST ON THE TERRORIST PLOT
THE LATEST ON THE TERRORIST PLOT
TO KIDNAP MICHIGAN’S GOVERNOR.
THE FBI IS PREPARING TO RAID THE
LAKE ORION HOME ONE OF THE 13 MEN INVOLVED.
MEN INVOLVED.
AND HE WAS ARRESTED IN
BELLEVILLE, BOND SET AT
$250,000. THE AND THE MAN ARE ACCUSED OF
THE AND THE MAN ARE ACCUSED OF
REACHING OUT TO A MICHIGAN-BASED
MILITIA GROUP FOR HELP CARRYING
OUT THE PLAN. THE MICHIGAN MILITIA TOOK ROUTE
THE MICHIGAN MILITIA TOOK ROUTE
IN THE 1990’S, MOTORIVATED BY TH STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE AND THEN
STANDOFF AT RUBY RIDGE AND THEN
AGAIN AT WACO.
AT ITS HEIGHT.
HE SAYS THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS.
IT’S UNCLEAR HOW MANY STILL HAVE TIES TO THE GROUP.
TIES TO THE GROUP.
>> THE DEVASTATING BOMBINGS IN
1995 PUT THE MICHIGAN MILITIA IN
THE SPOTLIGHT.
TIMOTHY MCVEIGH, TERRY NICHOLS, THE MEN WHO CARRIED OUT THAT
THE MEN WHO CARRIED OUT THAT
DEADLY ATTACK WERE SAID TO HAVE
ATTENDED MICHIGAN MILITIA
MEETINGS.
>> THE ORIGINAL MILITIA
ORIGINATED IN THE ’90S.
WE’RE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED.
THE COMMON BOND WAS TO SAVE THE
AMENDMENT.
THAT THE GOVERNOR WAS GOING TO
TAKE IT AWAY AND ONE OF THEIR MAJOR WORRIES, ALL ACROSS ALL OF
MAJOR WORRIES, ALL ACROSS ALL OF
THE DIFFERENT GROUPS.
>> RETIRED EMU HISTORY PROFESSOR STUDIED THE MICHIGAN MILITIA IN
STUDIED THE MICHIGAN MILITIA IN
THE LATE ’90S, EARLY 2000’S OKLAHOMA CITY IT HIT THEM HARD
OKLAHOMA CITY IT HIT THEM HARD
BECAUSE THEY WERE BLAMED BECAUSE
ONE OF THE BOMBERS PASSED
THROUGH THE MEETING AND THERE
WERE MICHIGAN CONNECTIONS.
EFFORTS AT THAT TIME TO TRY TO IMPROVE THEIR IMAGE AND
IMPROVE THEIR IMAGE AND
COOPERATE MORE WITH THE
GOVERNMENT TO GET RID OF BAD
PEOPLE, BAD APPLES WITHIN THEIR ON, YOU KNOW, MILITIAS.
ON, YOU KNOW, MILITIAS.
>> WHAT WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE
MICHIGAN MILITIA HAS LONG SINCE
BEEN BROKEN INTO SMALLER
MILITIAS AND HAS SINCE THE LATE
90’S. SOME MAINSTREAM.
SOME MAINSTREAM.
OTHERS MORE RADICAL.
>> MICHIGAN HAS ALWAYS HAD AN A
NUMBER OF EXTREMIST GROUPS AND
OBVIOUSLY THESE GROUPS THAT ARE ANTI-GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY
ANTI-GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY
SEE CONSPIRACIES EVERYWHERE, FOR
WHATEVER REASON.
>> WHY MICHIGAN, YOU MIGHT ASK?
>> THAT HAS BEEN LIKE THE $64 MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION.
MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION.
THE HEAD OF THE FBI, WE HAVE
LIKE THE--
EVERY KNOWN RIGHT WING EXTREMIST
GROUP, WE HAD A GROUP OF THEM
HERE IN MICHIGAN.
WHY? WE NEVER COULD FIGURE THAT OUT.
WE NEVER COULD FIGURE THAT OUT. >> A NOTABLE CASE IN 2010.
>> A NOTABLE CASE IN 2010.
RBI RAIDS AND ARRESTS OF HOUTARI
GROUP, PLANNING TO MURDER AN
OFFICER. >> AND IT WAS THROWN OUT BECAUSE
>> AND IT WAS THROWN OUT BECAUSE
PROSECUTORS SAY THEY DIDN’T
DEFEND THEIR CASE.
MILITIA GROUPS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN AND WITH THE ELECTION
A CONCERN AND WITH THE ELECTION
CYCLE, THE AGITATED ENVIRONMENT
THAT WE’VE LIVED IN.
I THINK THEY’VE COME BACK TO THE FOREFRONT.
>> WE SAW SOME MILITIA GROUPS
JOINS IN THE PROCESSES FOR THE
GOVERNOR’S ORDERS TO PROTECT THE
STATE FROM THE VIRUS. PROTESTS AT THE STATE CAPITOL,
PROTESTS AT THE STATE CAPITOL, SOME ARE ARMED WITH WEAPONS.
SOME ARE ARMED WITH WEAPONS.
IN OWOSSO.
THEY SAY THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME
AHEAD.
>> FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICES,
THIS IS ON PLAYER RADAR, THE
NUMBER ONE ISSUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> THERE’S A REASON FOR THAT.
EXTREMIST S FEEL THE NEED TO ACT RIGHT NOW DURING THIS AGITATED