Classical Values :: Local news that's not local news yet?
Glenn Reynolds wonders about the timing of a series of federal raids in the general area of Southeast Michigan.
Southeast Michigan happens to be where I live, and I’m wondering about more than just the timing. the focus of what has been repeatedly described as a “massive federal raid” is Adrian, Michigan, which is about an hour away from here. There’s been speculation about precisely whom the feds were targeting and why, and Fox News reports that arrests were made for selling pipe bombs.
Seven people have been arrested for allegedly selling pipe bombs in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, Fox News has learned.
The arrests and raids in Michigan and Indianapolis are related to alleged militia activity in the region, but are not related to international terrorism. there is not a current threat to the public, according to a law enforcement source.
An official for the FBI’s Michigan bureau said initial court appearances are expected in Michigan on Monday.
a command post was set up last night right here in Ann Arbor, and residents of the Adrian area told Detroit’s Action News station that it looked “like a small army had descended on the area”: Helicopters were spotted in the sky for much of the night, and agents set up checkpoints throughout the area, including in Sand Creek and Clayton in Lenawee County. Witnesses tell Action News that it was like a small army had descended on the area.
A command center, including two satellite trucks and a radio tower, had been set up at the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department in Ann Arbor. It has since been dismantled.
Federal agents will not comment on the investigation, only saying that they are serving a number of search warrants and that the warrants are sealed. Action News has learned that an unknown number of arrests have also been made. An unconfirmed report indicated that at least six people were arrested coming into Michigan from Ohio.
I don’t find it surprising that news of the raids have been reported in Detroit (including Click on Detroit and the Detroit News) and by the Ann Arbor News (which has a lengthy background piece about Hutaree, said to be one of the targeted groups).
What I do find a bit peculiar is that the town of Adrian (repeatedly described as looking like a small army had descended there) has a local newspaper, which has said next to nothing, except a vague article which says they’re looking into it:
ADRIAN, Mich. –
We have personnel heading out to the Clayton area, which was the site of federal law enforcement activity Saturday night. We’ll post more information as we gather it; in the meantime, here are a few links to other sources.
This prompted a couple of angry comments at their web site:Daily Telegram is ALL over this story…..yeah right!!! Big local news like this and we find out FIRST from Detroit?!?!?!?!!!!! And,For a story in your backyard, I mean, come on, CLAYTON and SAND CREEK, it’s rather pathetic the Telegram is 12 hours or more late on the story. If the place was looking like a small army had descended there, the lack of reporting seems strange.
Get on it, guys. People might think there’s a local news blackout or something.
MORE: my thanks to Memeorandum for the link! Memeorandum also links some interesting background on the targeted “Hutaree” group from the Sipsey Street Irregulars, who say the Hutaree was shunned by Michigan militia groups:
The Hutaree have indicated in the past that, much like John Brown, they WANTED to start a civil war, which is why no responsible militia group in Michigan was willing to ally with them.
But if you give them what they want, there will be nothing anybody else can do to stop it, you stupid blundering bastards.
last time I looked, wanting to start a civil war (insane as it is) was not a crime. Assuming they are crackpots, they still have the same constitutional rights as everyone else, and I hope for the sake of the rest of us that they are being respected.
The last thing the country needs right now is another Waco.
Classical Values :: Local news that's not local news yet?
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