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.”
By AJ
Dec 14, 2020
Customers at a Tennessee Walmart got a nice surprise when they went to pay down their layaway balances.
Someone paid off every single layaway account at the store. They asked how much the accounts totaled, left, and came back with cash. The total was $65,000. The person had just one request - he told the manager, “Please tell them Merry Christmas and I love them.”
The store manager said it was the most mind-blowing act of kindness he had ever witnessed in his nearly 18 years at the store. Customers were coming to the store to pick up their items with tears in their eyes.