Hutaree

[[File:Hutaree.png|thumb|right|165px|Hutaree flag]]
{{hatnote|Not to be confused with the pacifist [[Hutterites]].}}
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'''Hutaree''' is a [[Christianity|Christian]] [[terrorism|terrorist]] group in the [[United States]] which heavily based itself in [[End Times]] dogma.<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8593975.stm US 'Christian militants' charged after FBI raids]." ''BBC News''. 2010 March 30.</ref>
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In March 2010, they were charged with plotting to murder a police officer and then bomb the resulting funeral in order to kill more police officers, who would almost certainly be attending their fallen colleague's remembrance.<ref>Chris McGreal. "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/30/militia-members-police-death-plot Christian militia members held for plot to kill policeman and bomb funeral]." ''The Guardian''. 2010 March 29.</ref> Somehow, they believed that killing police officers would cause all of America to rise up and install a Christian Theocracy. Instead of, you know, causing everyone to hate them because they killed cops and bombed a funeral. 

They contacted other militia groups in the area for support and to have a safe house. The other militias turned them in, as bombing a police officer funeral was [[Stopped clock|too extreme for even the craziest militia]]. 

One member also believed in a chain email that said that Obama was spending 20 million dollars to move Hamas over to America.<ref>[https://archive.ph/ib4So For Hutaree, Web rumor stoked anger at Obama]. Archived from the Detroit Free Press, 31 March 2010.</ref>

Among the items found in the group's possession were multiple copies of the [[Left Behind]] "convert or kill" computer game.<ref>Bill Berkowitz. "[http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/bill_berkowitz/28249/tim_lahayes_apocalyptic_dreams_hits_pay_dirt_with_the_alleged_cop_killing_plan_of_michigan_militia Tim LaHaye's Apocalyptic Dreams Hits Pay-dirt With the Alleged Cop-Killing Plan of Michigan Militia]." ''The Smirking Chimp''. 2010 April 24.</ref><ref>wmholt. "[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/31/852685/-The-Hutaree-Militia-and-the-Left-Behind-Video-Games The Hutaree Militia and the 'Left Behind' Video Games]." ''Daily Kos''. 2010 March 31.</ref><ref>Maud Newton. "[http://www.theawl.com/2010/03/is-the-hutaree-militia-the-final-word-in-lunacy-or-just-the-beginning Is the Hutaree Militia the Final Word in Lunacy—or Just the Beginning?]" ''The Awl''. 2010 March 31.</ref>

==Acquittal==
The Hutarees were acquitted of most charges in February 2011.<ref>[http://ia700309.us.archive.org/7/items/gov.uscourts.mied.247447/gov.uscourts.mied.247447.632.0.pdf United States v. Stone (E.D. Mich. Jan. 30, 2012)]</ref> The judge believed that the impotent right-wing fantasies of heroism were not to be taken seriously. Most of their weapons were even returned.<ref>[https://archive.fo/D0tuY FBI returns guns to ex-Hutaree member, Tina Stone says jobs scarce despite acquittal]. Archived from the original at wxyz.com, 9 February 2013.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Militia movement]]

==External links== 
* Yes, they had a website; it's gone now, but preserved on [https://web.archive.org/web/20100429062922/http://www.hutaree.com/ the Wayback Machine], complete with apostrophe error.

==References==
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[[Category:Conspiracy theorists]]
[[Category:End of the world]]
[[Category:Militia movement]]
[[Category:Survivalism]]
[[Category:Terrorist organisations]]
[[Category:We're on a mission from God]]

Categories: Conspiracy theorists, End of the world, Militia movement, Survivalism, Terrorist organisations, We're on a mission from God