The Family Stone: Who Are the Hutaree?
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BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: The FBI has taken Joshua Stone – until about 40 minutes ago, the only outstanding suspect after yesterday’s raids on an extreme Christian militia – into custody in Michigan. Joshua Stone surrendered peacefully after authorities played messages of his family members encouraging him to do so. ——————– ORIGINAL POST: We’re learning a lot more about the FBI raids yesterday that netted eight members of a Christian extremist group called the Hutaree, pictured in their mugshots above. Court documents today revealed the militia group’s alleged plan to kill an unidentified Michigan law enforcement officer, and then use the funeral as an opportunity to attack several officers gathered to mourn at a central location. The funeral attack would then, according to the plan, ignite a fullscale uprising against the government. At the center of the nine are “leader” David Brian Stone and his son, David Jr., the two men in the top row on the left side. Also accused is his wife, Tina, the only woman of the eight, and another son, Joshua, who remains at large. The family members were also teaching others how to make and use explosives, according to the indictment. The Hutaree Web site, which you can see HERE and features a training video, says the name means “Christian warrior” and claims they are preparing to defend themselves against the impending arrival of the anti-Christ. Dan Harris will have a full report tonight, including statistics that show a huge rise in militia activity over the last year. ——————– UPDATE: Here is last night’s segment, “Christian Militia.” Stay tuned tonight — Tuesday — for more reporting on the rise of militias across the country.
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I’m gonna guess…six braincells and 14 teeth between the lot of them. Wanna bet they used the word “socialism” in the same sentence with our current president on a daily basis?
Posted by: LostSok | March 29, 2010, 7:20 pm 7:20 pm
LostSok-Obama=Socialism. If you are an Obama supporter, you shouldn’t view socialism with disdain. I do not advocate this type of violence in any way. If these folks want to change things, it needs to be done through the electorate. Of course whoever we elect will grow government and curtail liberties so their behavior while wrong is understandable.
Posted by: Huh | March 29, 2010, 8:10 pm 8:10 pm
Adenoidal morons, all of them. Jesus and the disciples, raving in the wilderness, stuffing the luggage of future madmen (with apologies to Robert Stone, A FLAG FOR SUNRISE).
Posted by: chesapecten | March 29, 2010, 10:24 pm 10:24 pm
We do not know that Hutaree broke any laws.
Their firearms were legal.
Their activities were legal.
Regardless of what you think about their politics or religion, it should be self evident that the government lies, lies, and then lies some more.
Only a dimbulb buys federal prosecution statements at face value.
Posted by: jetta | March 29, 2010, 10:39 pm 10:39 pm
Might have been interesting to team these guys up with the CIA and Bin Laden in order to take out the Goldman Sacs execs and Timmy Geithner. GS after all has brought three countries to their knees. Might be a fruitful.
Posted by: Ben | March 29, 2010, 11:07 pm 11:07 pm
Right. There’s next to no information until indictments become public.
These are unsupported assertions, just like “they were enslaved by aliens.” If you want to just raise a concern go ahead, but don’t assume something is true just because you or someone you agree with says it. You can’t make the truth.
Posted by: vajralike | March 29, 2010, 11:08 pm 11:08 pm
Their activities were not legal. They were planning attacks that could have hurt many innocent citizens. Terrorists is the term, fool.
Posted by: Smarty | March 29, 2010, 11:18 pm 11:18 pm
FBI= To Frighten, Bully & Intimidate
Peace
Posted by: elpaso | March 29, 2010, 11:40 pm 11:40 pm
First they came for the Christians but I was not a Christian so I did not speak up….
Then they came for…
And when they came for me there was no one left to speak up.
We have a POTUS who mocks the SCOTUS, who bullies & bribes members of the legislature, who demonizes the opposition.
We have peculiar incidents affecting his supporters, hmm!
Last year I counter demonstrated obo Obama against the Tea Party movement and patronizingly told them they had nothing to fear.
I apologize.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
Posted by: Miri | March 30, 2010, 12:30 am 12:30 am
Too bad in your program this evening
you mentioned the socalled splc if you listen to anything those criminals
put out you are in trouble. They have
violated more rights and people than
this militia would ever do.
By the way the so. poverty law center
is not in poverty,
Posted by: Clint | March 30, 2010, 2:10 am 2:10 am
“They were planning…” …ri-ight. Half the nation’s grannies know how to produce IEDs, but they generally stick to baking cookies and tatting doilies.
I don’t buy it. These people are probably nuttier than Claxton Cake, but they’re not criminals. Criminals have criminal histories. These people’s “plans” are little more than fantasies about what they’d do if the government attacked them or theirs. What they’d actually do if attacked is clearly evident: they went off to jail peacefully.
Posted by: Elizabeth Conley | March 30, 2010, 6:42 am 6:42 am
Well, they are here. Morons and loonies deluded with rumours of wars and apocaliptic disasters, the antichrist(?!)and so on. Let’s trust our law enforcement services to do their work and be steps ahead of their fantasizing.
@LostSok…i say your guess it’s about right.
Posted by: emilionondescript | March 30, 2010, 11:39 am 11:39 am
Terry Moran lectured these people after the segment aired last night on Nightline with this statement. “What part of blessed are the peacemakers don’t they understand” and the poor man had a look of disapointment on his face.
Fine, but I do wonder why we haven’t heard the same lectures and disappointment of the Muslim terrorists who have actually carried out attacks on our soil.
He could say, what part of the religion of peace don’t THEY understand!
Posted by: Billy | March 30, 2010, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm
Since their inception the Teaparty crowd (not a movement since they do have the numbers or clout) have been “haters not debaters”. In my opinion this is what the small portions of the republican party of “birthers, baggers and blowhards” have brought you. They are good at “Follow the Leader” of their dullard leaders, they listen to Beck, Hedgecock, Hannity, O’Reilly, Rush and Savage and the rest of the Blowhards. Are you surprise at what they do when you know what they think? The world is complicated and most republicans (Hamiliton, Lincoln, Roosevelt) believe that we should use government a little to increase social mobility, now its about dancing around the claim of government is the problem. The sainted Reagan passed the biggest tax increase in American history and as a result federal employment increased, but facts are lost when mired in mysticism and superstition. Although some republicans are trying to distant themselves from this fringe most of them are just going along and fanning the flames. Lets face it the Republicans had 8 years to deal with health care, immigration and financial oversight and governance and they failed. They could not even win one of the two wars they started, the body bags are still coming in. The Republicans wanted to give Obama his Waterloo defeat over healthcare but instead they gave themselves their own Waterloo defeat by not participating in the debate of ideas and by becoming the party of obstructionist. But they now claim they have changed, come on, what sucker is going to believe that?
Posted by: Montana | March 30, 2010, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm
There is so much hatred spoken about daily in the media groups such as this must exist in number, there has to be a release when some of the rhetoric is so pointed.
Posted by: Don Nelson | March 30, 2010, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm
Well said Montana.
Posted by: Don Nelson | March 30, 2010, 3:54 pm 3:54 pm
Miri: We don’t arrest them because they are Christians. We arrest them because they are dangerous domestic terrorists.
Posted by: Laura | March 30, 2010, 3:58 pm 3:58 pm
Mr. Cruel, get your facts straight. McVeigh never claimed to speak directly with Jesus or to kill people for religious reasons. He was raised Catholic but claimed to had never really connected with that church.
He later described himself as an agnostic and said that “science was his religion.”
Posted by: Billy | March 30, 2010, 6:33 pm 6:33 pm
I think Nelson should be added to the Basketball Hall of Fame for his amazing achievements. I know not everyone likes him, but the guy has won more games as coach than anyone else. You can’t get a better argument than that, right? After all, that is the whole point of being a coach – to win games. . But I say, get him in the Hall of Fame where he belongs. It is surely a travesty that this great coach is not given his rightful honor and place in basketball history.
Posted by: Sports | April 13, 2010, 2:46 am 2:46 am