CRIMES AND MAKE HATE CRIMES
INFORMATION MORE ACCESSIBLE TO
THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
NOW TO THE CONCERNS OF ANOTHER
COMMUNITY THAT TOO OFTEN FEELS
UNPROTECTED AND THE GROUP THAT’S
STEPPING UP TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT.
THEY’RE KNOWN AS THE NFAC, AN
UNARMED ALL-BLACK MILITIA YOU
MIGHT HAVE SEEN -- AN ARMED
BLACK MILITIA THAT YOU MIGHT
HAVE SEEN AT PROTESTS IN
GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, AND D.C.
JOINING US NOW FROM ATLANTA WITH
MORE ON THIS, NBC NEWS
CORRESPONDENT MORGAN RADFORD.
MORGAN, TELL US ABOUT THIS
GROUP.
>> MIKA, GOOD MORNING.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS GROUP
SAYS THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AS
WELL AS LAW ENFORCEMENT SIMPLY
DOES NOT DO ENOUGH TO PROTECT
BLACK AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY,
WHICH IS WHY THEY SAY THEY’RE
TAKING MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN
HANDS.
AND INTERESTINGLY, MIKA, THIS IS
A GROUP THAT IS GROWING.
THEY SAY THEY NOW BOAST RECRUITS
IN NEARLY EVERY SINGLE STATE.
SO WE DECIDED TO GO AND EMBED
WITH THEM AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT
THEY’RE DOING AND WHY.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> Reporter: THE SOUNDS OF WAR,
RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
THIS IS THE NFAC.
AN ALL-BLACK MILITIA WITH A
MISSION TO DEFEND THE BLACK
COMMUNITY BY ANY MEANS
NECESSARY.
SO THIS IS TRAINING FOR ONE OF
THE NEW CHAPTERS?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: APPEARING BY THE
HUNDREDS AT PROTESTS FROM STONE
MOUNTAIN, JOURNLGGEORGIA, TO
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, DEMANDING
JUSTICE FOR POLICE KILLINGS AND
COUNTERING WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS
THE THREAT OF RIGHT-WING
MILITIAS.
IT’S A MOVEMENT STARTED IN 2017
BY THIS MAN, FORMER MUSICIAN AND
ARMY VETERAN, JOHN GRANDMASTER
J. JOHNSON.
IS THE MOVEMENT GROWING?
>> BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS.
>> Reporter: WE MET WITH HIM
OUTSIDE OF CINCINNATI, WHERE HE
SAID ANOTHER NEW CHAPTER IS NOW
IN THE WORKS.
>> THE NFAC STANDS FOR THE NOT
F’ing AROUND COALITION.
>> Reporter: WHAT’S BEHIND THE
NAME?
>> THE NAFC WAS BORN OUT OF THE
LAST FOUR YEARS OUT OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
THE DETERIORATION OF RACIAL
RELATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT MEANS THAT WE ARE PREPARING
YOURSELF TO DEFEND YOURSELVES.
>> Reporter: WHILE THE GROUP’S
STYLE ECHOS THE "BLACK PANTHER"
PARTY OF THE 1960s, THEIR GOALS
ARE DISTINCT, FOCUSING ON
DEFENSE, WITH AN ULTIMATE GOAL
OF A BLACK ETHNO STATE.
>> OUR GOAL IS A PLACE WHERE WE
CAN DETERMINE OUR OWN FUTURE.
>> Reporter: IS VIOLENCE AN
OPTION TO DETERMINE YOUR GOALS?
>> THE UNITED STATES WAS BUILT
ON VIOLENCE BEING AN OPTION.
VIOLENCE SHOULD BE THE LAST
OPTION.
>> Reporter: EXTREMISM EXPERTS
SAY THE GROUP IS DISTINCT FROM
FAR-RIGHT MILITIAS.
>> THEY HAVE NOT RISEN TO THE
LEVEL OF CONCERN OF SAY THE 3%
ERS
ers OR THE OATHKEEPERS.
THEY HAVE NOT ENGAGED IN
VIOLENCE.
IN FACT, IN MIDWEST OF THEIR
DEMONSTRATIONS, THEY HAVE
COORDINATED THEIR ACTIVITIES
WITH POLICE.
>> Reporter: WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
JANUARY 6th AND YOU SAW THOSE
RIOTERS STORM THE CAPITOL, WHAT
DO YOU SAY TO CRITICS WHO SAY,
YOU’RE TO DIFFERENT FROM THEM?
YOU’RE EXTREMISTS, THEY’RE
EXTREMISTS.
>> SHOW US WHERE WE’VE DONE
THOSE THINGS?
THEY’VE KILLED PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE DISRESPECTED THE
GOVERNMENT TO THE POINT WHERE
THEY’VE INVADED THEIR SACRED
HALLS.
SHOW ME WHERE WE’VE DONE THOSE
THINGS, BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE
NONE OF THEM.
>> Reporter: WE WERE ALLOWED
RARE ACCESS TO ONE OF THEIR
TRAINING SITES AT A SECRET
LOCATION IN GEORGIA.
>> WE ARE NOW DRIVING TO THE
NFAC TRAINING FACILITY.
>> Reporter: WE SPOKE TO ONE
MEMBER WHO CHOSE TO GO BY THE
CODE NAME SHY TO PROTECT HER
ANONYMITY.
>> THIS IS THE HANDGUN COURSE?
>> CORRECT.
>> Reporter: AND WHAT DO YOU DO
NEXT?
>> WE ARE GOING TO THE AREA
WHERE WE PRACTICE OUR PRIMARY
WEAPONS FIRING.
>> Reporter: WHY DID YOU DECIDE
TO JOIN THIS MOVEMENT?
>> IT’S FOR THE CAUSE.
WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DEFEND
OURSELVES.
>> Reporter: YOU ALL HAVE NORMAL
JOBS?
>> ABSOLUTELY, WE’RE BUSINESS
OWNERS, DOCTORS, LAWYERS, WE’RE
YOUR EVERYDAY PERSON, ANYWHERE
FROM WALMART TO THE CORPORATE
SECTOR.
>> Reporter: WHAT ARE YOU ALL
TRAINING FOR?
>> WE’RE TRAINING FOR
SELF-DEFENSE.
>> Reporter: A RESPONSE TO SHOW
THEY WON’T BE SCARED OR
UNPROTECTED ANY LONGER.
MIKA, WE ASKED THE GROUP SEVERAL
TIMES TO GIVE US AN EXACT NUMBER
OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
THEY REFUSED TO DO SO, BUT IT
APPEARS TO BE IN THE THOUSANDS
BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE COME TO THEIR MARCHES.
AND ALSO BASED ON THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO SAW AT ONE INDIVIDUAL
TRAINING SESSION.
BUT IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE,
MIKA, THAT THE NFAC HAS NO
RECORD OF VIOLENT INCIDENTS.
HOWEVER, THEIR LEADER, GRAND
MASTER J., HAS BEEN RECENTLY
INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES BY
FEDERAL OFFICIALS WHO ALLEGE
THAT HE POINTED A RIFLE AT
OFFICERS DURING THAT
DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF
BREONNA TAYLOR IN LOUISVILLE,
KENTUCKY, LAST SEPTEMBER.
THAT CASE IS ONGOING.
HE HE HASAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY A
ARE WAITING TO FIND OUT THE