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The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) identified 334 militia groups at their peak in 2011. It identified 276 in 2015, up from 202 in 2014. [ 1 ] In 2016, the SPLC identified a total of 165 armed militia groups within the United States.
The militia movement is a right-wing movement that arose following controversial standoffs in the 1990s. It inherited paramilitary traditions of earlier groups, especially the conspiratorial, anti-government Posse Comitatus. The militia movement claims that militia groups are sanctioned by law but uncontrolled by government; in fact, they are ...
Ten members were tried and convicted for racketeering, and two for their role in the 1984 murder of radio talk show host Alan Berg. [ 5 ] The Order's main objective was to start a white supremacist revolution against the United States, after which blacks, Jews, "race mixers", and other perceived enemies would be exterminated.
Armed right-wing militia and a mob of enraged demonstrators stormed the building where lawmakers had gathered to vote on a new government. ... of fascists and militia members tried to topple a ...
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In November of 2022, Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy after prosecutors successfully argued that members of the Rhodes-founded Oath Keepers right-wing militia conspired to block ...
Pages in category "Right-wing militia organizations in the United States" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Under Rhodes's leadership, Oath Keepers in 2013 instructed its members to form "Citizen Preservation" teams, including militias, to operate in communities across the country to defend Americans from government intentionally letting the country descend into chaos then declaring martial law and scrapping the constitution, stating that "They are ...