I'm gonna say it: I think cops could have been shot by RW agitators

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441. The criminals aren't TARGETING the LEO's as prey. RW extremists are.

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Criminals aren't HUNTING LEO's with deliberation.

Who is?


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The bloodshed in a restaurant and a store is the latest in a series of violent sprees that have recently erupted in schools, colleges, shopping malls, movie theaters and beachfront towns. But the attack on two uniformed police officers, and the particular anti-government and anti-police sentiments expressed by the shooters, evoke warnings that have come from authorities in recent years.

The FBI has referred to individuals who believe that governments in the United States operate illegally as “a growing domestic threat to law enforcement.” In September 2012, Michael Clancy, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s counterterrorism division, warned that extremists could carry out “smaller, localized acts of violence” and some could target law enforcement and government officials.

There is a movement that believes that the federal government has dangerously overstepped its authority, and within that movement are groups that believe they need to be ready to fight back against any perceived overreach, said J.M. Berger, a terrorism analyst.

In 2012, the Southern Poverty Law Center issued a report on what it called a “stunning” rise in the number of groups it had identified as part of the overall movement. The report said it tracked 1,274 such groups in 2011, up from 824 the year before.

Many of these people “are not going to be violent,” Berger said. “It’s not like this is a group of thousands of potential terrorists here. But they do have a view on things that is definitely outside the mainstream. And they have a focus on preparation for armed resistance that is very problematic.”

Law enforcement encounters with these types of individuals are rare in Utah, however the state got a taste of ant-federal government protesters in San Juan County. Members of Nevada rancher Clive Bundy’s rally made their way to Recapture Canyon to support locals in a protest against the Bureau of Land Management in May.
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