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Arizona has recently been a hotbed for voter suppression and intimidation activity. However, a new tactic by a right-winged vigilante group might have upped the stakes. A group that dubbed themselves Ben Sent Us, after Benjamin Franklin, have been sending letters to various Arizona Democrat chairpersons threatening multiple things, according to the Daily Beast.
Some letters say these anonymous members will be locating your homes and if any voting discrepancies are found, will be considered a traitor and dealt with accordingly, as will you. Ordinary citizens have also been receiving flyers indicating they are being watched.
As for the origin of the group itself, nobody knows. The Daily Beast points out that the groups website is hosted by OrangeWebsite, known for anonymous and encrypted web hosting.
You will not know us; you will not see us; you will not know what we do, according to a statement on the groups website. We might be your neighbor, your coworker, your cleric, your grocer, or the teacher in your school. We might be the person walking their dog down your street in front of your homes.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/arizona-democrats-getting-creepy-anonymous-223000258.html
blm
(114,658 posts)KentuckyWoman
(7,401 posts)Under Arizona's Threatening or Intimidating Statute, it's a crime to threaten or intimidate violence; it's also illegal to threaten serious property damage. Threatening or Intimidating, under ARS 13-1202, is a serious offense that can be charged as either a misdemeanor or felony.
Angleae
(4,801 posts)ificandream
(11,837 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(32,133 posts)We'll deal with these anti-democratic, anti-socialists....if enough people validate Democracy and their right to vote.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Demand Action!
MerryBlooms
(12,248 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(13,369 posts)God I am so sick of the magat asswipes.