The evidence includes hundreds of hours of recordings and 13,000 encrypted emails.
..."The evidence (click here) also included potentially illegal firearms and explosives evidence, which must be examined by FBI and ATF experts to determine whether additional federal charges are appropriate," Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler wrote.
FBI agents in Michigan, Delaware and Wisconsin also have collected “voluminous evidence” from the six men while executing search warrants, including computers and cellphones.
The men facing federal kidnapping conspiracy charges were part of a broader attempt to spark a civil war by overthrowing the government and kill police personnel, according to the government. In all, 14 people have been charged with crimes in state and federal court, including members and associates of an obscure militia, the Wolverine Watchmen.
The six charged in federal court are:
- Adam Fox, 37, of Potterville, known as "Alpha F--- You"
- Ty Garbin, 25, of Hartland Township, known as "Gunney"
- Kaleb Franks, 26, known as "Red Hot"
- Daniel Harris, 23, known as "Beaker"
- Brandon Caserta, 32, known as "Debased Tyrant"
- Barry Croft, 44, of Bear, Delaware
Law enforcement officers do not want loose munition laws. The crowds have become homogenous with open gun carry. A gunman can take advantage of the crowd and kill the police. It happened in Texas. No one knew who was shooting.
July 11, 2020
By Lisa Marie Pane
Paris, Texas - ...Moments later, (click here) when a sniper gunned down officers patrolling the peaceful march, killing five, the attack ignited panic and confusion. Who was shooting? Were the people with weapons friend or foe?
It was the same nightmare scenario that some law enforcement officials predicted when Texas approved the open-carry proposal.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown estimated that 20 to 30 open-carry activists attended the rally. He said some wore gas masks, bulletproof vests and fatigues. They ran when the shots rang out, but the presence of so many armed individuals at the scene of a sniper attack caused instant confusion.
“Doesn’t make sense to us, but that’s their right in Texas,” Brown told CNN, adding: “For our officers, they were suspects. And I support that belief. Someone is shooting at you from a perched position, and people are running with AR-15s and camo gear and gas masks and bulletproof vests. They are suspects until we eliminate that.”
One man in the crowd, Mark Hughes, was carrying an AR-style firearm and wearing a camouflage T-shirt. In the early moments after the attack, police released a photo of Hughes describing him as a suspect. He was questioned and released, and authorities soon announced that the attack had been the work of a single gunman named Micah Johnson....
