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Part Two: The Complete, Insane History of American Border Militias

Behind the Bastards

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The Little Death That Causes Me to Throw Bagles

In may of two thousand 18, michael myer, founder of a militia called veterans on patrol, posted a viteal of himself walking through a homeless encampment in tucson. He then turned the camera around towards a tree with straps attached to it, declaring, this is a rape tree. The video quickly racked up hundreds of thousands of views, and myer's claims were even repeated by a number of local news stations. It quickly got woven into the broader petsigate cu and on family of conspiracies. But the idea of rape trees did not start with myer. Here's a video child murderer shana ford, posted in two thousand nine yes, shan

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