Now we know who: Petition your state legislators to ban law enforcement training byprivate organizations such as the Southern Poverty Law Center.
by Patrick Wood, Editor
March 18, 2009
Patriots, Christians and concerned citizens are increasingly in thecross hairs of the U.S. intelligence community, and battle lines arebeing quietly drawn that could soon pit ourown law enforcement and military forces against us.
A February 20 report entitled “The Modern Militia Movement“was issued by the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) thatpaints mainstream patriotic Americans as dangerous threats to lawenforcement and to the country. Operating under the Missouri StateHighway Patrol, the MIAC is listed as a Fusion Center that was established in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice.Because authenticity of the report was questioned by some, this writer contacted Missouri state Representative Jim Guest (R-King City) who had personally verified that the report had indeed been issued. Rep. Guest is chairman of the Personal Privacy Committee and is a prominent leader in the national Blowback against the Real ID Act of 2005 that requires states to issue uniform driver’s licenses containing personal biometric data.
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According to their own documents, Fusion Centers are “seeded” withideas for analysis by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.Although this is problematic in itself, attention is better directed tothe left-wing nonprofit organization, The Southern Poverty Law Center.
Upon careful word and theme comparison between the MIAC report andSPLC literature, it is apparent that there is a significant linkbetween the two. Either MIAC received training or training materialfrom SPLC or some of its personnel had some previous exposure to it.
The SPLC aggressively offers training to local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. According theSPLC web site, “We focus on the history, background, leaders andactivities of far-right extremists in the U.S.” and states that it “isinternationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legalvictories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups.”
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Hate crimes are essentially acts of vilification of a victim becauseof his or her membership in a certain social group, such as racial,religious, sexual orientation, nationality, gender, etc. While hatecrimes are wrong under any circumstance, the SPLC sees no conflict inprofiling conservative whites, Christians, Constitutionalists, andpatriots as being associated with, if not responsible for, hate crimesin America. This is the pot calling the kettle black.
For instance, consider the SPLC statement, “…a basic fact aboutall three movements: Patriots, white supremacists and anti-abortionmilitants are all fueled by interpretations of religion.”
Aside from the fact that this sweeping generalization is plainly nottrue, it is mud-slinging at its best: Patriots are lumped in with whitesupremacists, anti-abortionists are militants, and all are driven by anobviously irrational and fanatical application of religion.