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marmar

(78,106 posts) Fri Feb 26, 2021, 10:21 AM Feb 2021

Neo-Nazis planned to establish white nationalist compound in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

(Detroit Metro Times) A neo-Nazi terrorist group was planning to create a heavily armed, white nationalist compound in the Upper Peninsula to wage a race war.

The plan was hatched by Justin Watkins, 25, a former leader of the Base, a militant, pro-Hitler movement that advocates violence against non-white people, according to secret chats obtained by VICE News.

In early 2020, Watkins said the plan was to buy, occupy and fortify land in the U.P., which he described as a virtual “white-ethnostate” because of its racial makeup.

"We are buying houses and land and fortifying them,” said Watkins under an alias on the encrypted chat app, Wire, in early 2020. “Land is cheap [...] I’m setting up a community up there. Going to have houses set up to get guys moved in and situated.” .............(more)

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Neo-Nazis planned to establish white nationalist compound in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (Original Post) marmar Feb 2021 OP

Once a 25 said to us he'd be a millionaire by 30. LakeArenal Feb 2021 #1

Badgers? We don' need no stinkin' Badgers! Go Blue! nt JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2021 #4

Badger better than one them pissy wolverines. LakeArenal Feb 2021 #5

More from the linked story Cirque du So-What Feb 2021 #2

You'd think that they would realize that every one of these fails sboatcar Feb 2021 #3

LakeArenal

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1. Once a 25 said to us he'd be a millionaire by 30.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 10:31 AM

Feb 2021

He’s a line cook at a cafe. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Besides the Upper peninsula is Wisconsin not Michigan. Thrown gauntlet Michigan!!!!

JustABozoOnThisBus

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4. Badgers? We don' need no stinkin' Badgers! Go Blue! nt

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 27, 2021, 07:24 AM

Feb 2021

LakeArenal

(29,861 posts)

5. Badger better than one them pissy wolverines.

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 27, 2021, 10:59 AM

Feb 2021

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PS. I realize that MI usually kicks our ass..

Cirque du So-What

(27,623 posts)

2. More from the linked story

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 10:34 AM

Feb 2021

Watkins, of Bad Axe, was arrested in October and charged with felony counts of gang membership, unlawful posting of a message, and using computers to commit a crime. Watkins reportedly operated a “hate camp” for the group, “where he led tactical and firearms training for participants with the goal of being prepared for the violent overthrow of the government,” according to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who leveled the charges against the men.

He was accused of targeting what he mistakenly believed was a home owned by Daniel Harper, a journalist who combats white nationalism on his podcast “I Don’t Speak German.” The home was owned by a man with the same name, but not the podcaster.

Here's hoping they throw the book at this specimen.

sboatcar

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3. You'd think that they would realize that every one of these fails

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 10:47 AM

Feb 2021

Wasn't there a town in the dakotas that some white supremacists tried to do this in that failed too?

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