[box type=”download”] The Oath Keepers—allowing for a different age and a different national culture—are the US version of the German Freikorps, an ultra-right wing armed militia composed mostly of unemployed former WWI soldiers and virtually organized with the support or direct guidance of the Reichswehr to combat workerist and communist mobilizations and uprisings during the turmoil engulfing Germany between the wars. Many in the Freikorps would later join the growing Nazi party. The fact they are allowed to strut around, intimidate, take up sniper positions and other acts not remotely allowed regular citizens, let alone Ferguson residents, is proof conclusive where the state sides in this social and race conflict.
This is the Wiki’s passage on them:
In the early 20th century, Freikorps were raised to fight against the newly formed Weimar Republic, as well as their left-wing counterparts, through the early 1920s. These paramilitary organizations “roamed the countryside, killing with impunity.”[1] “They engaged in bloody confrontations with republican loyalists and engineered some of the more notorious assassinations” of the Weimar period, and are widely seen as a “precursor to Nazism”.[2] An entire series of Freikorps awards also existed, mostly replaced in 1933 by the Honor Cross for World War I veterans.
READ BELOW HOW AP REPORTED THE SITUATION
[learn_more] The return of an armed militia group patrolling the streets of Ferguson drew criticism Tuesday from both protesters and the county police chief overseeing security amid ongoing demonstrations marking the anniversary of 18-year-old Michael Brown’s shooting death. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said the overnight presence of the Oath Keepers, wearing camouflage bulletproof vests and openly carrying rifles and pistols on West Florissant Avenue, the hub of marches and protests for the past several days, was “both unnecessary and inflammatory.”Belmar plans to ask county prosecutor Bob McCulloch about the legality of armed patrols by the far-right anti-government activist group, which largely comprises past and present members of the military, first responders and police officers. But Missouri law allows anyone with a concealed carry permit to openly display a firearm anywhere in the state. John Karriman, a representative of the group who teaches at the Missouri Southern State University police academy, said there were five armed Oath Keepers at the Monday night protests and that another 45 or so unarmed group members were stationed nearby to try to help keep the peace. He said members plan to remain in Ferguson “at least through the end of the week.” “A handful of us were visible,” Karriman, a former police officer in Joplin, Missouri who ran unsuccessfully as a Libertarian Party candidate for county sheriff in southwest Missouri. “The rest of us are behind the scenes.”
Oath Keepers previously showed up in Ferguson in November after a grand jury declined to indict former Ferguson officer Darren Wilson in Brown’s death, saying they stationed themselves along several downtown rooftops to protect businesses from rioting and looters. Karriman said the group stepped in only after Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declined to summon the National Guard in the aftermath of the grand jury decision. County police ordered them to leave then, but group members intermittently returned. The five armed Oath Keepers, all of whom appeared to be white, interacted freely with police late Monday and early Tuesday but endured catcalls and jeers from demonstrators. Protest organizer Nabeehah Azeez called the presence of the armed men “a contradiction in how things work.” “The rules don’t apply to everyone,” she said. “If those were black men walking around with rifles, they probably wouldn’t be living today.”[/learn_more]
In the mist of some of the most racially charged violence in recent American history, the Oath Keepers militia seem intent on making matters worse. As you’ll recall this is the group that famously came with guns to the Bundy Ranch back in April to protect the millionaire Cliven Bundy from the tyranny of having to pay taxes. The group has decided that Ferguson needs their help.
Sources:
Oath Keepers patrolling Ferguson say they’re prepared to use lethal force, Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/oa…
Mike Ilitch, Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ilitch
Oath Keepers Guarding Businesses in Ferguson, Missouri: Calling on Volunteers to Assist, Oathkeepers.org
http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2014/11/2…
A RIGHTWING V FOR VENDETTA
Rightwinger voices support for Oath Keepers. As usual, rightwingers do everything right, for the wrong reasons, and supporting precisely the opposite of what they profess to worship. Why isn’t the left capable of this immediate inventiveness?
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FACT TO REMEMBER:
IF THE WESTERN MEDIA HAD ITS PRIORITIES IN ORDER AND ACTUALLY INFORMED, EDUCATED AND UPLIFTED THE MASSES INSTEAD OF SHILLING FOR A GLOBAL EMPIRE OF ENDLESS WARS, OUTRAGEOUS ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, AND DEEPENING DEVASTATION OF NATURE AND THE ANIMAL WORLD, HORRORS LIKE THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED MANY YEARS, PERHAPS DECADES AGO. EVERY SINGLE DAY SOCIAL BACKWARDNESS COLLECTS ITS OWN INNUMERABLE VICTIMS.
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