Summary

Robert “Bobby” Kinch, a former Las Vegas homicide detective, is revealed as the leader of the Utah-based Oath Keepers USA, a spinoff of the militia linked to the January 6 Capitol attack.

Kinch, who retired from the force in 2016, has a controversial history, including Facebook posts advocating a “race war” and a photo of him pointing a gun at a plate with Barack Obama’s image.

Critics highlight the threat of extremists in law enforcement.

The Oath Keepers remain active, adding police officers to their ranks amid Trump’s potential return to power.

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      3 months ago

      It’s such a meaningful lyric, but forces and crosses don’t exactly rhyme.

      In my head, I like to switch the lyrics to be about the mounted police units.

      Some of those that work forces

      Also mount and ride horses

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    Some of those that work forces…

    Man, it is really depressing having to still qoute a 33 year old RATM song.

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      Thunberg wasn’t mentioned once in that whole article…

      But seriously, I read the whole thing a couple days ago and what a ride. Dude was getting pretty paranoid towards the end, but he got out safely and now we have some knowledge of their inner workings. I hope he takes some comfort in that.

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        We / our society need many more like that guy, but I wouldn’t wish that level of stress on anyone. I’ll bet he gave two years off his eventual lifespan for every year undercover. On the other hand, lifespan would be worth so little in a white-supremacist christofascism.

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    The department attempted to contain the fallout by quietly adopting a new social media policy in July 2015 that explicitly prohibits discriminatory speech and threatens termination for violations.

    Makes sense. We don’t care if you’re racist, just don’t advertise it because it makes the department look bad.