[23], Rhodes is reported to have taken inspiration from the notion that Adolf Hitler could have been stopped if German soldiers and police had refused to follow orders. What differentiates the Oath Keepers from other anti-government extremist groups is that the Oath Keepers explicitly focus on recruiting current and former military members, police officers and firefighters (although they accept anyone as members).

These primary beliefs, which encapsulate the one-world government conspiracy theories that underpin the anti-government movement, stoke paranoia, fan anti-government sentiment and give them purpose. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to military tribunal. Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes faces allegations of abuse and household violence in a motion for a temporary restraining order his wife filed last month with a Montana … A federal jury convicted him on the carrying a firearm charge but acquitted him of using a firearm in relation to another felony. Tag - Oath Keepers. During an inventory search of the vehicle’s trunk, police found nine large-capacity ammunition magazines along with 2,156 rounds of ammunition. In 2016 did this again but this time with much more gun waving and more angry words before he eventually pointed at his head.

The formation of these cells, patterned after military Special Forces, closes the narrow gap that separates the Oath Keepers from the militia movement. [51] The group's spokesman, Joey Gibson, announced that the Oath Keepers would be providing event security,[52] confirmed to The San Francisco Examiner on August 18 by Stewart Rhodes.

[12], Oath Keepers were present wearing military fatigues in Ferguson, Missouri, during the 2014[7] and 2015[1][16] unrest in the city, when members armed with semi-automatic rifles patrolled streets and rooftops. Oath Keepers across the country have engaged in a wide array of activities, some of which have gotten considerable media attention.

“Don’t call yourselves Oath Keepers or Three Percenters,” he said. Surveys conducted by gun awareness groups like the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund have found that domestic violence in a home where a gun is present is five times more likely to end with a woman being killed. [9], Several groups that monitor domestic terrorism and hate groups describe the Oath Keepers as extremist or radical. According to Rhodes, a Prepper is a person who is awake and aware, and takes responsibility for themselves and their family. It seems clear that they do not have anywhere near that number of members, but they do have at least a couple thousand, which makes them one of the largest anti-government extremist groups in the U.S., larger than any militia group. And Vonn Adams Rhodes’ concerns are not without merit. The Oath Keepers have had more success in recruiting former military personnel, a much larger manpower pool to draw upon. “They weren’t trying to alarm the residents of Lincoln,” Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton said Saturday after the militias declared their intentions. The White Hope mine is located under the Helena National Forest near the town of Lincoln. In May 2012, a federal judge in Knoxville sentenced Huff to four years in prison. We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.

We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps. SHARE! By mid-August, however, organizers were struggling to find volunteers, especially after law enforcement and military officials asked them to stand down. (212) 885-7700 Duncan, Oklahoma, January 2010: Charles Dyer, an Oklahoma Oath Keeper, was arrested by local law enforcement in January 2010 on charges of raping a young child; during his arrest, authorities also discovered an unregistered grenade launcher in his residence that had been stolen from a military base in California.