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aristarchus [soylentnews.org] writes:

Article at NPR [npr.org].

Police have arrested three men in northern Georgia who are suspected of belonging to a violent white supremacist group called The Base, saying that they were plotting to commit murder and that they belonged to a criminal street gang.

They're the second trio of suspected Base members to be arrested this week; the FBI announced Thursday that it arrested three other men in Maryland.

The Floyd County, Ga., Police Department says Luke Austin Lane, 21, Michael John Helterbrand, 25, and Jacob Kaderli, 19, were "allegedly involved in a white supremacist group with plans to overthrow the government" and to kill a married couple whom they identified as having high-profile roles in the far-left group Antifa.

Nice.

The FBI successfully placed an undercover federal agent within The Base's membership in Georgia, police say.
. . .
Lane and Kaderli allegedly then told the agent that the next day's training would "include 'retreating under fire' drills and moving-and-shooting drills," the affidavit states. The stated purpose of the drills was allegedly to prepare The Base's members for the "Boogaloo" – a name its members use to refer to what they see as the inevitable "collapse of the United States and subsequent race war."

Prior news:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/us/fbi-arrest-virginia-gun-rally.html [nytimes.com]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/men-discussed-opening-fire-at-pro-gun-rally-in-richmond-officials-say-11579291691 [wsj.com]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/gun-rights-group-files-challenge-to-northams-ban-on-guns-outside-va-capitol-judge-to-rule-quickly/2020/01/16/7ec8a764-388d-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html [washingtonpost.com]
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/days-virginia-gun-rally-fbi-arrests-3-alleged-white-supremacists-n1117271 [nbcnews.com]

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