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The manual says that “they are not racists who fight ‘the great race war, to annihilate the people of the mud'”.
Nor, they say, are they “terrorists advocating violence or destroying buildings in Oklahoma full of men, women and children,” a reference to Timothy McVeigh, America’s worst domestic terrorist, who blew up a federal building in Oklahoma City. in 1995, killing 168 people. people and 680 injured.
“Only crazy people do that,” they say.
The manifesto continues to criticize the taxes and explains that they are taking up arms to protect the freedom of American citizens.
“Americans have lost the concept of true freedom because we no longer know exactly what our rights are. In America today, the word ‘rights’ has become so completely corrupted that few Americans any longer know the difference between procedural rights, civil rights. and our inalienable rights and freedoms, “they say.
Members attend training sessions to develop marksmanship and survival skills.
The militia issue has come to light amid a heated election season, and with a president loathing to condemn armed gangs, who are generally passionate supporters of his campaign.
In at least 45 open-load states, members of the military can walk in public armed and equipped as if they were going to war in Iraq or Afghanistan, fully legally.
The consequences have been fatal.
In Kenosha, Wisconsin, two Black Lives Matter protesters were shot and killed on August 25 by Kyle Rittenhouse, a self-proclaimed 17-year-old militiaman.
In Portland, Oregon, a heavily armed member of the far-right group Patriot Prayer, who showed up at the rallies, was shot dead by a far-left gunman.
And in other cities across the US, in Kentucky, Georgia, Texas and elsewhere, horrific scenes of military members confronting protesters have been common this summer.
Many fear that the tension will only increase as the election approaches and immediately after, if Trump does not win.
