Bundy ranch standoff emboldens antigovernment extremists

[DonViejo]

A new report from the Department of Homeland Security says we can expect more attacks in the months to come

BILL MORLIN, SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER

A new report from the federal government predicts that a Nevada rancher’s standoff with federal agents earlier this year will likely embolden and inspire antigovernment violence in the coming months — a finding that echoes several preceding reports.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report, titled “Domestic Violent Extremists Pose Increased Threat to Law Enforcement and Government Officials,” concludes that after years of sporadic violence from domestic extremists motivated by antigovernment ideologies, there has been “a spike within the past year in violence committed by militia extremists and lone offenders who hold violent anti-government beliefs.

“These groups and individuals recognize government authority but facilitate or engage in acts of violence due to their perception that the United States Government is tyrannical and oppressive, coupled to their belief that the government needs to be violently resisted or overthrown,” the report says. It adds that such historical spikes in extremist violence have followed high-profile confrontations, including those at Ruby Ridge and Waco, involving the federal agents.The report found that Cliven Bundy’s militia-backed standoff with Bureau of Land Management agents in April galvanized “some individuals, particularly militia extremists and violent lone offenders, to actively confront law enforcement officials, increasing the likelihood of violence.” Furthermore, the report adds, “this perceived success likely will embolden other militia extremists and like-minded lone offenders to attempt to replicate these confrontational tactics and force future armed standoffs with law enforcement and government officials.”

The concerns that have radicalized the right, the federal report found, focus almost entirely on fears generated by the federal treatment of political issues such as “gun control, land-use, property, and other activities as interfering with their individual rights and as oppressive measures that warrant violent reprisal against US government entities and law enforcement, according to a body of open source reporting.”

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http://www.salon.com/2014/08/21/bundy_ranch_standoff_emboldens_antigovernment_extremists_partner/

[muntrv]

1. How about treating these guys the way Ferguson police treats its residents?

[underpants]

2. No kidding they are in this town in Missouri

Oh those are rioters and criminals. My bad.

[Bandit]

3. How many months has it been now and not a thing from the Government about correcting the situation

I am beginning to lose all respect for the Obama Administration over this issue. Does justice exist in our country or not? Of course anti government thugs are going to feel empowered, They backed down the federal Government and got away with it.

[riqster]

4. I got flamed for saying this at the time. Kick.