Militia Group Plans To Target African-American Democrats At Polling Places In Wisconsin

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Militia Group Plans To Target African-American Democrats At Polling Places In Wisconsin http://www.politicususa.com/2014/09/18/militia-group-plans-target-african-american-democrats-polling-places-wisconsin.html … @politicususa @DeptofJustice



I know nothing about this group but the tweets are sickening:



Militia Group Plans To Target African-American Democrats At Polling Places In Wisconsin


By: Jason Easley more from Jason Easley


Thursday, September, 18th, 2014, 4:17 pm



A militia group in Wisconsin is planning to target African-American Democrats at polling places in order to suppress the vote and keep Republican governor Scott Walker in office.

Here is a Twitter exchange where the group details their plan:...(samples at link)

[Cali_Democrat]

1. Will they be wearing white hoods?

Surely this can't be legal.....

[riversedge]

2. Intimidation is their tactic......

Walker our gov and his Dem challenger--Mary Burke have been tied in the polls (give or take a few points) most of summer. Things are getting desperate for him (I am not accusing him of supporting any of this crap). But his fans are known to be vile.



Here is their face book page:


https://www.facebook.com/wisconsinpollwatchers

[1StrongBlackMan]

8. A bunch of folks have posted on this guys FB Wall ...

that they have contacted the DoJ. Good ... but part of me wishes they had alerted the DoJ; but not disclosed that they had ... doing so, will have scared off any co-conspirator, with a single functioning brain cell.

[gratuitous]

21. I'm sure that Walker doesn't support this

And he'll be sure to issue a public statement condemning these yahoos in the strongest terms possible.

Right?

[DBoon]

34. They may be wearing this emblem

[TheMastersNemesis]

3. I Would Turn These Militia Over To ISIS.

[freshwest]

22. Faster to call the DOJ. I'm sure they're swamped, but this might give it a push:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025556351#post17

[Historic NY]

4. Send in the Black Panther division...

those 2 guys will tie their panties up.

[1StrongBlackMan]

5. Tell me ...

Section 11(b) anti-intimidation provision (Voter Rights Act of 1964, as amended): Section 11(b) states in pertinent part: “No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for [federal] office.”

How are these tweets and the FB Page, not evidence of a conspiracy to commit a violation of the VRA and/or the State's equivalent statute?

[freshwest]

19. Tell them, 1StrongBlackMan. I'm sure they are very busy now. Make this go viral.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025556351#post17

[sakabatou]

6. I hope they're stopped.

[Dawson Leery]

7. Strange how these terrorists are allowed to roam free.

[whistler162]

9. Stranger how these announcments happen

every election cycle and don't come to fruition.

[Skittles]

10. how is that not terrorism?

[Rex]

28. It is, when they say target...I wonder what they mean by that.

Probably mean with a gun. I swear this country has gone around the bend after 2000. So much wholesale corruption and intimidation by thugs trying to suppress democracy.

HELLO! DHS! Do you guys actually DO anything but harass hippies for a living!?

[rhett o rick]

11. k&R I wish I lived closer. nm

[Scuba]

12. I live pretty close. Whaddya got in mind?

[rhett o rick]

13. Maybe monitoring polling places to make sure there was no harassment of voters. nm

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. Show up packing,

books I mean. I hear they're like garlic to vampires with these people.

[Scuba]

23. A science book!

[seabeyond]

15. dishonest, lacking integrity and racist. di says... why does everyone think repugs are racists. nt

[ReRe]

16. I wonder...

... if those tweets have been forwarded to Eric Holder yet? I'm sure he'd love to see them.

[freshwest]

18. ReRe, they need to see thousands of them. Here's what I posted below:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025556351#post17

[freshwest]

17. CONTACT the DOJ by these methods:

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Contacting the Voting Section

SENDING MAIL TO THE VOTING SECTION

Voting Section
Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Room 7254 - NWB
950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20530

CALLING THE VOTING SECTION

You may call the Voting Section at:

[phone]

Or call toll-free at:

[phone].

FAXING THE VOTING SECTION

You can send a fax to the Voting Section at:

[phone].

SENDING A COMPLAINT FORM TO THE VOTING SECTION

You can send a complaint form to the Voting Section at:

http://www.justice.gov/crt/complaint/votintake/index.php

SENDING EMAIL TO THE VOTING SECTION

You can send an email to:

[e-mail]

More at link:

http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/misc/contact.php

Perhaps send the Politicusua link:

Militia Group Plans To Target African-American Democrats At Polling Places In Wisconsin

With the twitter exchange, perhaps it can be tweeted to the DOJ:



Here is their webpage:

https://www.facebook.com/wisconsinpollwatchers

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/09/18/militia-group-plans-target-african-american-democrats-polling-places-wisconsin.html

[ReRe]

33. Thank you so so much, freshwest...

I wish all Wisconsins could see this. I had not seen this OP yet. Will the National Guard have to guard polling stations all over this country from now on? Or just in the states who are disenfranchising voters from their right to vote? I swear, this is looking more and more like a third-word country every day.

[gollygee]

20. This has to be illegal

If they follow through, they should be arrested for whatever civil rights charge is involved, and they should lose the abilty to own guns because they've proven they'll use them for terrorism.

[Scuba]

24. Hope Lefta Dissenter sees this thread.

[Iliyah]

25. Uh, "freedumb" unless its another wanting democrary

and Walker probably is in all favor with it but "knows nothing". These Motherf**kers always spouting about freedumb, heck, they don't know about such.

[Half-Century Man]

26. It's legal to open carry in polling places unless in a school, courthouse, etc.

Work to get local ordnances invoked.
I'm in Beloit, so I plan on photographing the poll checkers.

[justiceischeap]

27. I've seen incredible things from the AA community

when people try and intimidate them at the polls. This needs to get out to black Twitter so they can get the word out.

[etherealtruth]

29. No surprise, but still ... wtf? n/t

[bullwinkle428]

30. Am I stretching to assume these fuckers will be open carrying?

[KG]

31. because...guns!

[Lefta Dissenter]

32. Matt Lepperd

he's one of the "Knots," who claimed they were burning piles of registrations and ballots during the recall election. I'm guessing the others are Knots, too, but his is the name I recognize. Most of them are probably children posting from mommy's basement.

It's important to report these guys every time they make their threats, because even though they are usually more blow than show, there's the fear that they'll inspire their admirers to do something really stupid.

edited to add that I'd be wary of using my primary FB account to comment on their page, though, because these guys are great at mass reporting false claims of violations of terms of service to FB and getting people booted.

[riversedge]

38. I found a Y tube video of him. Had not

heard of him before. Thanks for your post.


Matt Lepperd of Knot My Wisconsin Gets Frustrated, Threatens Me and Snatches Camera

[Quantess]

35. Sounds dangerous..?

[jwirr]

36. Seems like we might need to send in troops like Eisenhower did during school desegregation.

[ZombieHorde]

37. Fuck. nt

[riversedge]

39. The Capitol Times picked up the story:

http://host.madison.com/news/local/writers/jessie-opoien/wisconsin-one-of-three-states-to-reject-food-stamp-increase/article_ac1cdac8-ef38-55cf-bac6-732341209772.html


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[riversedge]

40. A new Facebook counter page was created....

busy little beavers aren't they!!


'STOP the Wisconsin Poll Watcher Militia'

[riversedge]

41. Also: New Facebook ID for the Militia ......

On the new counter Facebook page that I just posted ('STOP the Wisconsin Poll Watcher Militia')
I found they --the Militia have a new Facebook page:

They are attempting to clean up their act with the new professional looking Facebook name!!


Wisconsin Association of Polling Place Monitors