86 Results

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Chuck Baldwin

Chuck Baldwin is a prominent figure in the anti-government extremist "Patriot" movement. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Baldwin has peddled conspiracy theories that government measures to combat the virus are a "pretext for civil tyranny," "phase two" (after... Read more

People Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Citizens’ grand jury…

Citizens' grand juries (also known as common law grand juries and people's grand juries) are sham juries created primarily by adherents of the sovereign citizen movement, who have a fondness for creating fictitious judicial and governmental entities... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Common law courts

"Common law courts" are bogus courts established by adherents of the sovereign citizen movement, who reject the legitimacy of actual courts. They are often used to render unenforceable judgments regarding genuine legal disputes and to issue phony... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Constitutional Sheri…

The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) is an anti-government extremist group founded in 2011 by former Arizona sheriff Richard Mack. The organization recruits sheriffs into the anti-government extremist "Patriot" movement, and claims the county sheriff... Read more

Groups / Movements Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Crusaders

Crusaders is a term used by Islamists to refer to any Western presence in the Middle East, though it is most often used to refer to the U.S. In addition, anti-Muslim extremists in the United States often... Read more

Slogans / Code words Islamist

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

David Wynn-Miller

David Wynn-Miller was an influential Wisconsin-based sovereign citizen activist who created (and used) a completely alternative grammar and syntax for the English language, which he claimed would allow people to master the judicial system and always prevail... Read more

People Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

De facto vs. de jure…

Sovereign citizens often use the term "de facto government" to refer to the U.S. government. They believe a conspiracy began in the 1860s to infiltrate the original "de jure" government, subvert its laws and replace them with... Read more

Slogans / Code words Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Duncan Lemp

Duncan Lemp was a 21-year-old supporter of the boogaloo movement who was shot and killed in 2020 by SWAT officers with the Montgomery County Police Department in Maryland. The officers were serving a no-knock search warrant for... Read more

People Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

FEAR (Forever Enduri…

FEAR was a large militia group formed by soldiers stationed at Fort Stewart in Georgia. It operated between 2011 and 2012. Members of FEAR plotted various terrorist acts - including assassinating then-President Barack Obama - and killed... Read more

Groups / Movements Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

FEMA Camps

"FEMA Camps" are a common conspiracy theory among anti-government extremists, especially the militia movement, that maintains that the U.S. government plans on declaring martial law and imprisoning American dissidents in concentration camps run by FEMA. The theory... Read more

Conspiracy Theories Anti-government