10 Right-Wing Extremist Plots That Failed Miserably
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, there were 784 known hate groups operating in the United States as of 2014. They’re mostly right-wing groups, white supremacist groups, or both. The crimes of their members range from random acts of violence to organized domestic terrorism plots.
Sometimes, these individuals and groups want more than to commit acts of violence. Sometimes, they try to plan full-scale uprisings or form revolutionary groups. Here are 10 such attempts, ranging from the absurd to the chillingly orchestrated.
10 Chevie Kehoe And The Aryan People’s Republic
1997
Chevie Kehoe, Daniel Lee, and Faron Lovelace were charged in 1997 with planning to overthrow the US government and take over territory to make a “new republic limited to whites.”
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it s the movie making millions, and it has everyone talking, but is the documentary obama s america based on fact? i ll talk with director denash desousa. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. on the west. as you grab breakfast or brunch, we begin with the one story that impacts all of us, food prices, up by a whopping 10%. that s according to a new report from the world bank. the cost of corn and soybeans alone spiked by 25%, now at an all-time high. the drought here in the u.s. partially to blame. while the gulf coast grapples with loss and damage from isaac, right now the storm is moving through the midwest, and with it, rain and relief for a part of the country in the middle of the worst drought in decades. we re talking several inches of rain from isaac for some parts of the midwest, and farmers are desperate. but it may be too late or not enough for some. our national correspondent susan candiotti is in farmington, missouri