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In reply to the discussion: Police: Armed Men Who Don't 'Recognize Our Laws' on the Run [View all]ancianita
(35,926 posts)115. Going to Maine, eh. I wonder if this is connected to what I read 2 wks ago about Maine being used
as a location to start a white ethnostate.
Three white extremists' names come up: Kyle Fitzsimmons arrested for Jan 6; Tom Kawczynski (new resident of Maine) and Chris Pohlhaus, both of whom want to start a white community to grow into a white ethnostate.
A national news site reported that a neo-Nazi and his followers on a far-right social media network are planning to relocate to Maine in hopes of establishing an all-white ethnostate.
While former Marine Chris Pohlhaus and his followers on the far-right social media network Telegram might never make the move, it wouldnt be the first time Maine has held an appeal for a group espousing white supremacy.
VICE News obtained private chat logs on the social media network showing Pohlhaus and his followers discussing a move to areas north or east of Bangor, including Aroostook County. They exchanged real estate listings, asked about details on tax liens and suggested forming a Nazi homeowners association. Pohlhaus and his followers see Maine as a desirable place because of loose gun laws and the states highest-in-the-nation percentage of white residents.
Kawczynski told the BDN he moved to New Hampshire, where he lived before moving to Maine, because cultural and political divides put danger to peoples quality of life in Pennsylvania, where he lived previously and ran for office. He said he wanted to preserve northern New Englands white majority.
While former Marine Chris Pohlhaus and his followers on the far-right social media network Telegram might never make the move, it wouldnt be the first time Maine has held an appeal for a group espousing white supremacy.
VICE News obtained private chat logs on the social media network showing Pohlhaus and his followers discussing a move to areas north or east of Bangor, including Aroostook County. They exchanged real estate listings, asked about details on tax liens and suggested forming a Nazi homeowners association. Pohlhaus and his followers see Maine as a desirable place because of loose gun laws and the states highest-in-the-nation percentage of white residents.
Kawczynski told the BDN he moved to New Hampshire, where he lived before moving to Maine, because cultural and political divides put danger to peoples quality of life in Pennsylvania, where he lived previously and ran for office. He said he wanted to preserve northern New Englands white majority.
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Police: Armed Men Who Don't 'Recognize Our Laws' on the Run [View all]
liberalgunwilltravel
Jul 2021
OP
Astonishing that all the men were so disciplined that not one reached for his waistband.
Girard442
Jul 2021
#7
Or they would have made furtive movements that caused the officers to piss themselves.
3Hotdogs
Jul 2021
#17
If you're one cop and you're facing 8 assholes with guns, you ain't gonna escalate.
3Hotdogs
Jul 2021
#21
The way I read it, t's ongoing and the cops are in contact. So yeah, maybe the first cop
brewens
Jul 2021
#23
These "armed and dangerous" gun nuts are still on the loose near where we live...
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2021
#26
It's not only TLG's "Murica, it's Putin's! You do remember all that Russian cash going to the NRA?
Ford_Prefect
Jul 2021
#27
Sorry for the unfortunate timing of this...oh, and for the lousy weather here in New England...
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2021
#31
Yes it will get nicer...on Tuesday. We lived in Bethel bei Bielefeld in north Germany, so I know...
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2021
#43
Misspelling corrected. Too early. Yes, Bethel was our home while my father counseled...
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2021
#57
My ancestors on my father's side came from Bielefeld in the early 19th century, (nt)
Sinistrous
Jul 2021
#93
Interesting. I'll bet they did not miss leaving the yucky weather behind. Mine left fleeing...
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2021
#95
Acording to local news here, State Police stopped to assist two vehicles on the breakdown
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2021
#41
That may well be. "Shelter in place" makes it sound more scary than it is.
bucolic_frolic
Jul 2021
#42
So, armed militia guys possibly moving thru your town doesn't sound scary?
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2021
#68
A bunch of armed fugitives desperately fleeing the cops sounds really scary to me.
NH Ethylene
Jul 2021
#73
Update: "Moorish American Arm" is the armed group that stopped on the highway to refuel one...
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2021
#36
If they were black ... because there is no such thing as belaboring the obvious.
ancianita
Jul 2021
#97
I just read about that a few days ago, an incident where they did arrest the
Scrivener7
Jul 2021
#75
Based upon past threads, such self correction seems rather unlikely for the most part.
Dial H For Hero
Jul 2021
#88
Usually the case, but these were (are) eight or nine armed Black men in two cars in the
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2021
#60
Thanks for the link. Here is an excerpt, from the Southern Poverty Law Center...
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2021
#64
Shelter in place lifted. All in custody, after long negotiations in nearby neighborhood...
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2021
#86
They've all been arrested. MA has very strong gun laws - they're in deep trouble.
George II
Jul 2021
#99
Update: All suspects in custody after armed standoff with police shuts down part of I-95 in Mass.
UpInArms
Jul 2021
#103
Going to Maine, eh. I wonder if this is connected to what I read 2 wks ago about Maine being used
ancianita
Jul 2021
#115
While up in Maine they could visit with Tucker Carlson, but I doubt he would want this bunch...
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2021
#132
Heh heh, yeah. Well Fitzsimmons is in custody, Pohlhaus the Nazi lives in Texas, the other guy
ancianita
Jul 2021
#133
I doubt these African American Moorish Sovereign Citizens are big Trump fans. nt
EX500rider
Jul 2021
#123
already got over 600+ in the can & their turning on TFG .. revenge is hell !
monkeyman1
Jul 2021
#142