@StBridgetAthena @blowdart I don't know if anyone has put together an overview on this WRT Snohomish County. I can give you a quick rundown here though.
The first militia meeting I ever attended was in Maltby at the community center there.
The first militia meeting I ever attended was in Maltby at the community center there.
@StBridgetAthena @blowdart Bob Fletcher of the Militia of Montana was the featured speaker. He told the crowd all about the plan to turn the northern Cascades into a large concentration camp for right-wing gun owners after the New World Order's black helicopters rounded them up.
@StBridgetAthena @blowdart This was in late summer 1994, BTW. Also in attendance was Dave Trochmann, MOM co-leader and a key figure in the Ruby Ridge drama (far right). Dave at one point regaled me with scientific race theories in the parking lot as we had a smoke.
@StBridgetAthena @blowdart Snohomish County featured large in a lot of the Patriot movement organizing in the '90s. There was a very active contingent there. I did some of my earliest reporting for SPLC on them.
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/…
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/…
@StBridgetAthena @blowdart My friend Scott North at the Everett Herald reported on them a great deal, and as a consequence was targeted by them for it. They at one point issued a "Wanted" poster with his mug on it.
heraldnet.com/news/the-man-b…
heraldnet.com/news/the-man-b…
@StBridgetAthena @blowdart These clowns were fond of intimidation tactics, at one point showing up at the homes of Snohomish County Council members.
heraldnet.com/news/councilma…
heraldnet.com/news/councilma…
@StBridgetAthena @blowdart They have mostly melted back into the woods quietly since the '90s, but are very much present. One leader of the Snohomish Patriot faction passed away in the tragic Oso mudslide of 2014.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2014…
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2014…
