Four members of a group called The Base have been convicted in Tuscola or Washtenaw counties since charges were filed in 2020, AG Nessel s office said.
One of the charges brought toward members of The Base - conspiring to train for a civil disorder - was the first time it was used in Michigan history. The defendants allegedly entered vacant prisons in search of possible sites for paramilitary exercises.
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CARO, Mich. (AP) Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said two former state Corrections sites allegedly were being assessed by a white supremacist group called The Base as potential training areas for “hate camps.”