Three members of a national white supremacist group called The Base have pleaded guilty in Michigan to conspiring to train for a civil disorder, marking the first convictions of the felony in the state’s history. Founded in 2018, The Base, which is the English translation of “Al-Qaeda,” is a loose, neo-Nazi organization that openly advocates for violence against the U.S. and claims to be training for a "race war" to establish white rule across the country, including Michigan’s predominantly white Upper Peninsula. Justen Watkins, Thomas Denton and Tristan Webb were each charged in Tuscola County with the following felonies: one...
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