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The Michigan Militia Corps (MMC) were founded in 1994 by Norman "Norm" Olson, a former US Air Force non-commissioned officer from Alanson, Michigan. [8] [10]The early meetings of the Michigan militia were attended by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols before they carried out the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995, which drew media attention to the organization. [12]
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The militia movement claims that militia groups are sanctioned by law but uncontrolled by government; in fact, they are designed to oppose a tyrannical government. The movement's ideology has led some adherents to commit criminal acts, including stockpiling illegal weapons and explosives and plotting to destroy buildings or assassinate public ...
Michigan militia, all the militia groups that are out there, they're supporting him. It's scary." Eugene Behme, 66, of Flint, at a Kamala Harris rally in Flint, Oct. 4, 2024.
Donald Trump’s mass pardon of 1,500 January 6 participants, including the leaders of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, has reinvigorated a weakened U.S. militia movement and empowered white ...
An armed militia’s involvement in a protest in the Michigan statehouse Thursday marked an escalation that shone a spotlight on the practice of bringing weapons to protest.
The conspiracy theory was deemed so extreme by fellow militiamen that he was expelled from the Michigan Militia after losing four elections for commander. [2] [4] Also in 1995, Olson testified about the militia movement to the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security. [5]
Almost four months before the FBI arrested six men for plotting to kidnap Michigan’s governor, the bureau warned local and state law enforcement about a surge in militia extremists seeking to ...