How many raids in San Fran, Deeboristan and the like??
Oh, they’re only after ‘home grown’ (white/Christian) ‘terrorists’
That culminated in 97 with a kidnapping and armed stand-off. Guv Bush convinced the federal agents to stay back allowing the Rangers and DPS to handle it. Some of them surrendered but a couple tried to escape into the desert and were killed.
ROT never ended, they just changed their techniques saying they were good ROT, different from the bad ROT that was causing all the problems.
Now they are back to their old tricks.
Back in those days ROT, militia, posse comitatus, sovereign citizens, etc were considered to be freaky fringe groups. Now they are considered to be mainstream GOP groups. The freepers worship Warlord Bundy and his militia for the armed stand-off with Clark County sheriff's dept. and BLM in Nevada.