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Hutaree is a Christian terrorist group in the United States which heavily based itself in End Times dogma.^[1]

In March 2010, they were charged with plotting to murder a police officer and then bomb the resulting funeral in order to kill more police officers, who would almost certainly be attending their fallen colleague's remembrance.^[2] Somehow, they believed that killing police officers would cause all of America to rise up and install a Christian Theocracy. Instead of, you know, causing everyone to hate them because they killed cops and bombed a funeral.

They contacted other militia groups in the area for support and to have a safe house. The other militias turned them in, as bombing a police officer funeral was too extreme for even the craziest militia.

One member also believed in a chain email that said that Obama was spending 20 million dollars to move Hamas over to America.^[3]

Among the items found in the group's possession were multiple copies of the Left Behind "convert or kill" computer game.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Acquittal[edit]

The Hutarees were acquitted of most charges in February 2011.^[7] The judge believed that the impotent right-wing fantasies of heroism were not to be taken seriously. Most of their weapons were even returned.^[8]

External links[edit]

Yes, they had a website; it's gone now, but preserved on the Wayback Machine, complete with apostrophe error.

References[edit]

↑ "US 'Christian militants' charged after FBI raids." BBC News. 2010 March 30.
↑ Chris McGreal. "Christian militia members held for plot to kill policeman and bomb funeral." The Guardian. 2010 March 29.
↑ For Hutaree, Web rumor stoked anger at Obama. Archived from the Detroit Free Press, 31 March 2010.
↑ Bill Berkowitz. "Tim LaHaye's Apocalyptic Dreams Hits Pay-dirt With the Alleged Cop-Killing Plan of Michigan Militia." The Smirking Chimp. 2010 April 24.
↑ wmholt. "The Hutaree Militia and the 'Left Behind' Video Games." Daily Kos. 2010 March 31.
↑ Maud Newton. "Is the Hutaree Militia the Final Word in Lunacy—or Just the Beginning?" The Awl. 2010 March 31.
↑ United States v. Stone (E.D. Mich. Jan. 30, 2012)
↑ FBI returns guns to ex-Hutaree member, Tina Stone says jobs scarce despite acquittal. Archived from the original at wxyz.com, 9 February 2013.

[1] "US 'Christian militants' charged after FBI raids." BBC News. 2010 March 30.

[2] Chris McGreal. "Christian militia members held for plot to kill policeman and bomb funeral." The Guardian. 2010 March 29.

[3] For Hutaree, Web rumor stoked anger at Obama. Archived from the Detroit Free Press, 31 March 2010.

[4] Bill Berkowitz. "Tim LaHaye's Apocalyptic Dreams Hits Pay-dirt With the Alleged Cop-Killing Plan of Michigan Militia." The Smirking Chimp. 2010 April 24.

[5] wmholt. "The Hutaree Militia and the 'Left Behind' Video Games." Daily Kos. 2010 March 31.

[6] Maud Newton. "Is the Hutaree Militia the Final Word in Lunacy—or Just the Beginning?" The Awl. 2010 March 31.

[7] United States v. Stone (E.D. Mich. Jan. 30, 2012)

[8] FBI returns guns to ex-Hutaree member, Tina Stone says jobs scarce despite acquittal. Archived from the original at wxyz.com, 9 February 2013.

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