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Purveyor

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Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:18 PM Jun 2014

Anti-Hate Group: Vegas Attacks Are Part Of ‘De Facto War’ Against Police By Far-Right Extremists

Sunday’s execution-style slayings of two Las Vegas police officers are part of a rising trend of violence against peace officers by right-wing extremists. The Anti-Defamation League said in a press release on Monday that adherents to right-wing ideologies are waging a “de facto war” against police.

“The two police officers who lost their lives are only the latest in a series of casualties in a de facto war being waged against police by right-wing extremists, including both anti-government extremists and white supremacists,” said Mark Pitcavage, ADL Director of Investigative Research.

He continued, “Some extremists have deliberately targeted police, while others have responded violently when meeting police in unplanned encounters. The killings are not the effort of a concerted campaign, but rather a series of independent attacks and clashes stemming from right-wing ideologies.”

Jerad and Amanda Miller were anti-government and conspiracy-obsessed. They spent their time online speaking out on behalf of armed resistance to the U.S. government and rhapsodizing about killing police. Jerad was a vituperative supporter of the Second Amendment, an avowed sovereign citizen and envisioned himself as a warrior against the New World Order.

Amanda Miller was a commenter at Alex Jones’ conspiracy hub InfoWars.com and both Millers believed that the government is poisoning the U.S. population by leaving “chemtrails” of chemical and biological agents in the sky.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/10/anti-hate-group-vegas-attacks-are-part-of-de-facto-war-against-police-by-far-right-extremists/

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Anti-Hate Group: Vegas Attacks Are Part Of ‘De Facto War’ Against Police By Far-Right Extremists (Original Post) Purveyor Jun 2014 OP
I may be changing my mind about the police becoming militarized..... Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #1
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