Radicals: Southern Poverty Law Center says there are 194 identifiable so-called patriot groups, compared to 858 in 1996. Militia Movement 'a Shadow' of Its Past, Study Finds - Los Angeles Times ...

Conservative groups are rejecting as "anecdotal and exaggerated" a report out of the Southern Poverty Law Center that claims the election of a black president has fanned the flames of a resurgent ...

Militia groups have grown from 42 in 2008 to 127 in 2009, the center reported last month. Law enforcement officials in Dayton, Lebanon and Springfield said no local militias are under investigation.

Conservative critics say the center uses its rhetoric to undermine right-wing and conservative groups. The Southern Poverty Law Center uses its extremism report as a way to raise funds, says Bill ...

Clendenen, who is 55, said militia members played little role in the recall except as voters. Frequent acts of resistance to state rules, though, helped keep the movement energized.

"But militia means military, and militia also means a capacity for violence," he said. Two waves In 2019, the nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center documented 181 active anti-government militias ...

Police: Extremist groups monitored to make sure they don't interfere at polls The Southern Poverty Law Center reports that in the U.S., there were about 180 "militias" – defined by the law ...

Eight of those Southern California-tied Jan. 6 defendants were sentenced this year, receiving short stints behind bars or supervised release and community service, while another four have pleaded ...

(Reuters) - Self-styled militia members and ultra-conservatives rallied on Friday to the cause of a defiant rancher accused by the U.S. government of illegally grazing his cattle for decades on ...

Conservative Southern California sheriff announces governor run in 2026 ... a far-right militia whose leaders were convicted of charges stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot.

After Virginia passed gun laws, conservatives began invoking the state’s colonial-era constitution, which calls for a “well regulated militia.” By Campbell Robertson HALIFAX, Va. — The ...