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Patriot
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Antigovernment Movement |
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Intelligence Project identified
488 extreme antigovernment
groups that were active in 2021,
down from 566 in 2020. Of these
groups, 92 were militias, 75
sovereign citizen, three
constitutional sheriff, and 52
conspiracy propagandist groups.
The number of antigovernment
groups peaked in the 2010s and
has declined since, but the
current decrease in organized
group numbers is not reflective
of a lack of broad support or
activity. In 2021, the
conspiratorial and permanently
dubious view of government was
pervasive, as evidence by the
movement’s popularity on such
issues as COVID-19 regulations,
local school curriculum, the
“Big Lie” voter fraud, border
security and various
technological advances such as
5G cell service. Antigovernment
imagery, such as the Gadsden
flag and the Three Percenter
logo, was commonly displayed by
adherents across the country.
Antigovernment groups were
linked up with other hard-right
groups in 2021, as they often
targeted the same marginalized
communities and engaged in
actual or threats of political
violence. |
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Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.
Capitol and attempt to stop the
democratic transfer of power
through the formalized counting
of electoral votes was the most
public moment for the
antigovernment movement since
the Oklahoma City bombing in
1995. Of the over 700 people
charged with offenses ranging
from trespassing to seditious
conspiracy for the actions on
Jan. 6, at least 25 were members
of identified antigovernment
organizations. |
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| Faced
with greater scrutiny and
deplatforming, antigovernment
groups reorganized and were
dispersed in communities focused
on localized activities – a
mainstay tactic of the
antigovernment movement. Some
local chapters of national
organizations disbanded or
unaffiliated, including chapters
of Oath Keepers, the American
Patriots Three Percent, III%
United Patriots, the Three
Percenters/III%ers, and the
State of Jefferson Formation. |
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| Ammon
Bundy’s People’s Rights
activists held a variety of
small-scale demonstrations for
individual grievances and
organized a series of stunts
disobeying COVID-19 public
health measures, one resulting
in Bundy’s arrest, throughout
2021. |
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Southwest, militias and other
extremists set up camps in the
desert engaging in vigilante
activities including harassing
migrants and humanitarian aid
groups and coordinating with
border patrol agents. |
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Conspiracy propagandists,
including the John Birch
Society, found a niche audience
with COVID-19 vaccine skeptics,
using existing antigovernment
mistrust and a historical
relationship with the
natural-health sector to push
the conspiracies around
population and government
control. Likewise,
constitutional sheriff
organizations promoted COVID-19
conspiracy theories and refused
to enforce health guidelines
enacted by their lawmakers. Some
of these sheriffs teamed up at
events alongside QAnon
adherents, antisemites and
sovereign citizens." |
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AZ Patriots Leader Jennifer Harrison Arrested In
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The incident occurred at about
9:30 p.m. on July 3 when a group of protesters near
Mill Avenue and University Drive were pepper-sprayed
by someone from a vehicle, according to a news
release from the Tempe Police Department. |
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AZ Patriots Are Back To Harassing Migrants At The Border. No One
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"A federal lawsuit over migrant
harassment, a felony charge for identity theft, a ban from the
Arizona House of Representatives — none of it appears to have
deterred Jennifer Harrison, far-right activist and leader of AZ
Patriots, from returning to the U.S.-Mexico border to harass
asylum-seekers." |
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Arizona Patriots | Terrorist Groups | TRAC |
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'Patriot' Leader Jennifer Harrison Cuts Deal To Avoid Felony Identity Theft Charge |
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Dec. 22, 2020 |
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Jennifer Harrison, Arizona Patriot Leader, Charged With Felony Identity Theft |
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"Several notable
Republicans were
part of the group,
including
Dave
Giles, who is
seeking a seat in
Congress, and
Merissa Hamilton,
who is running for
mayor of Phoenix." |
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Oct. 20, 2020 |
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'Patriot Movement AZ' Listed As Hate Group |
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Feb. 20, 2019 |
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Extremist Group Patriot Movement AZ Agrees To Settle Federal Lawsuit With Valley Churches |
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Jan. 21, 2020 |
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Extremists Go Knocking On Dems' Doors - Police Are Returning The Favor |
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Jan. 31, 2019 |
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Arizona Right-Wing Group Sends Armed Man Into Church To Yell At Volunteers For Helping Migrants |
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"The guys involved
appear confused
about their
president's handling
of asylum-seekers,
and very eager to
scream at somebody
else about it." |
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Jan. 7, 2019 |
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Patriot Movement AZ
Founder: Yes I'm 'Pretty Hateful' |
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Jan. 2, 2019 |
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"Patriot" Movement | Defining Extremism | ADL |
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Patriot Movement AZ Leader Arrested For Assault At 'Free Speech' Rally |
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Nov. 27, 2018 |
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Leader Of AZ Patriots Appointed As Precinct Committee Member Of Republican Party
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Nov. 9, 2018 |
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Photo
via
Twitter.
The
white
supremacist
second
from the
left flashing
the
white
power
signs is
Patriot
Movement
AZ
founder Lesa
Antone.
The
White
Supremacist
third
from the
left is
Arizona
Governor
Doug
Ducey. |
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Patriot Movement Members Sue Katie Hobbs Over Ducey Tweet |
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Oct. 17, 2018 |
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Letter To The Editor: Dissatisfied With Patriot Movement Presence, City Council Rejection Of SB 54 |
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Apr. 19, 2018 |
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5 Things You Should Know About The Upcoming "Trump Unity Rally" In Arizona |
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"From the outside, it might look like an ordinary red-state
gathering of Donald Trump superfans." |
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Mar. 19, 2018 |
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Horrifying
Videos Show
Racist Moms
Teaching
Kids To Be
‘Patriots’
By
Vandalizing
A Mosque |
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Mar. 15,
2018 |
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Phoenix, AZ: Antifascists Respond To ‘Patriot’ Attempts At Flyering On Campus |
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Mar. 14, 2018 |
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Group Questions Arizona Lawmakers’ Immigration Status Outside Capitol |
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Feb. 1, 2018 |
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"Patriot"
Movement |
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"A
collective
term
used to
describe
a set of
related
extremist
movements
and
groups
in the
United
States
whose
ideologies
center
on
anti-government
conspiracy
theories.
The most
important
segments
of the
“Patriot”
movement
include
the
militia
movement,
the
sovereign
citizen
movement
and the
tax
protest
movement.
Though
each
submovement
has its
own
beliefs
and
concerns,
they
share a
conviction
that
part or
all of
the
government
has been
infiltrated
and
subverted
by a
malignant
conspiracy
and is
no
longer
legitimate.
Though
there is
some
overlap
between
the
“Patriot”
movement
and the
white
supremacist
movement,
that
overlap
has
shrunk
over
time;
there
are, in
fact,
people
of color
within
the
“Patriot”
movement,
particularly
within
the
sovereign
citizen
movement." |
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Jun. 26,
2017 |
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Feds Arrest Gun-Toting, Anti-Government Activist |
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Feb. 22, 2017 |
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The 'Patriot' Movement Timeline | Southern Poverty Law Center |
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2015 |
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Operation Counter Jade Helm: Are Rogue Militants Preparing For War On American Soil? |
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"On
patrol with the Patriot Movement to find out" |
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Aug. 4, 2015 |
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Far-Right Anti-Government Group Plans Political Takeover Of Arizona County |
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Dec. 16, 2014 |
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They Called Themselves The Arizona Patriots, And They... |
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"They
called themselves
the
Arizona Patriots,
and they planned to
use arrows with
exploding tips,
homemade mortars and
sleeping gas to
attack an armored
car filled with
Nevada casino
money." |
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