White supremacists in Virginia

The FBI has arrested three white supremacists, two of whom have military training, days before an extremist pro-gun rally in Richmond, Virginia, which authorities say is attracting "threats of violence" from hate groups and militias.

The three men — Patrik Jordan Mathews, 27; Brian Mark Lemley Jr., 33; and William Garfield Bilbrough, 19 — are members of the white supremacist group "the Base," according to an affidavit filed in Maryland court.

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And here we might stop to add that they Arab phrase for "the base" is "al qaeda".

"Within The Base’s encrypted chat rooms, members have discussed, among other things, recruitment, creating a white ethno-state, committing acts of violence against minority communities (including African-Americans and Jewish-Americans), the organization’s military-style training camps, and ways to make improvised explosive devices," the court documents state.

The Counter Extremism Project says the Base is a "neo-Nazi, white-supremacist network that describes itself as an 'international survivalist and self-defense network' that seeks to train their members for fighting a race war."

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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday that he’s declaring a state of emergency from Friday to Tuesday due to "threats of violence" from hate groups.

"We're seeing threats of violence," said Northam. "We're seeing threats of armed confrontation and assault on our capital."

The state of emergency includes banning all guns from the Capitol Square area in Richmond, where the state’s government buildings are located, in anticipation of the rally, which is being organized by the Virginia Citizens Defense League.

"They are not coming to peacefully protest," Northam said at his news conference. "They're coming to intimidate and cause harm."

On Thursday, a judge refused to grant Virginia Citizens Defense League's request for an injunction against the state of emergency, with Northam citing the arrests of the three men as proof that the threats are real.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.