FBI agents conduct raids in Mich., Ohio, Ind.

AP ^ | 3-28-10 | By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER

[CincyRichieRich]

ADRIAN, Mich. – The FBI said Sunday that agents conducted weekend raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio and arrested at least three people, and a militia leader in Michigan said the target of at least one of the raids was a Christian militia group.

Federal warrants were sealed, but FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said there had been activity in two southwest Michigan counties near the Ohio state line. She wouldn't say whether they were tied to the raids in the other states.

FBI spokesman Scott Wilson in Cleveland said agents arrested two people Saturday after raids in two towns in Ohio. A third arrest was made in northeast Illinois on Sunday, a day after a raid took place just over the border in northwest Indiana.

Michael Lackomar, a spokesman for the Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia, said one of his team leaders got a frantic phone call Saturday evening from members of Hutaree, a Christian militia group, who said their property in southwest Michigan was being raided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

"They said they were under attack by the ATF and wanted a place to hide," Lackomar said. "My team leader said, 'no thanks.' "

[Dead Corpse]

OK... Then what did they do to get raided?

Who was the Victim? What was the damage done? Who, exactly, was the perp?

If you don't have a definite answer to all three questions, you don't have a CRIME. All you have is a bunch of jackboots running around rousting people who would have otherwise played their little games in the forest with only the occasional squirrel as a casualty.

Think about it. Would Tim McVeigh have done what he did had the Feebies left the Davidians alone?

Government quashes freedom. People react. Government takes steps to protect it's power base. People react. Government takes more steps...

You starting to see a pattern here?

[hiredhand]

I'm not disagreeing with you, and I do see a pattern. But if you (or others like you) rush off half cocked based on principle alone to rescue the crazies which always crash and burn first, you'll end up on the wrong end of a government sanctioned shoot and just end up in the same morgue with them.

How am I supposed to know what they did to get raided? Does it matter? They practically advertised though and irrespective of the law, or the U.S. Constitution, or past patterns with abuses of power, they acted unwisely and we're seeing the result.

How long do you suppose the Bielski brothers would have lasted in the run up to Nazis taking power in Germany if they had put up a "Jewish Militia" website and then become publicly known in their communities? Probably not long.

[Dead Corpse]

But if you (or others like you) rush off half cocked...

No one is rushing anywhere. Further, after putting up with decades worth of abuses by our ever more out of control FedGov... There is nothing "half-cocked" about this at all.