ATF Gets Revenge on the Alabama Militia

May 03, 2007 08:35

Why they were singled out is related to the Alabama militia's expose of ATF racism in 1995. They bypassed the "Nigger Checkpoint" and infiltrated the compound that included BATF, IRS, Federal Baby Incinerators and any other gun-toting LEO, American or otherwise. The retaliation started almost immediately and is continuing. It was a big story in Soldier of Fortune magazine.

DEM ATF DEBBILS IS RACIST REDNECKS

After a hard year's work shooting White Separatist women in the head and blowing wacky religious zealots to kingdom come, the boys down at the BATF like to get together in Polk County Tennessee for a little old-fashioned redneck R&R.

"The Good Ole Boys Roundup" -- a weekend of picnics, volleyball, rafting and beer-drinking -- has been an annual spring event in the southeastern corner of Tennessee since 1980. Attendance is apparently open to ATF agents, members of the FBI, other law enforcement officers, the IRS, the Customs Service, the Secret Service, even Canada's RCMP -- as long as they're white. Fun-seekers are greeted at the entrance by a "Nigger Checkpoint" while another hand-lettered sign nailed to a tree asks, "Any Niggers in that Car?"

Racist paraphernalia to rival any at the largest KKK rally, is readily available. On sale are such items as T-shirts bearing the likeness of Martin Luther King in the crosshairs of a rifle scope, emblazoned with the slogan, "Our Dream Came True." Another shirt features O.J. Simpson with a hangman's noose around his neck, while yet another depicts white police officers with a black man spread-eagled across the hood of their patrol car and a caption reading "Boyz on the Hood." And for those wanting to indulge in a little sportsmanlike shooting, fake "Federal Nigger Hunting Licenses" can be purchased onsite.

The overtly racist get-together came to light when Jeff Randall, a member of Gadsden Minutemen, a militia group known to be hostile to ATF, infiltrated the gathering and blew the whistle on the event. Randall welcomed the bad publicity his expos touched off in Washington, where Federal officials were quick to respond.

Ronald Noble, Assistant Treasury Secretary stated, "I utterly condemn any of my agents, or any federal law enforcement or state or local law enforcement officers being involved in a racist organization, or having T-shirts that say `KIll Niggers.'" John Magaw, director of BATF, in an ongoing effort to root out racism, echoed his sentiments. "I will come with very strong discipline, and I will seek it out and destroy it," he told CNN.

African-American ATF agents say they're outraged by the all-white event. Vanessa McLemore has been aware of the annual picnic for some time. "Seeing it develop through the years, it took on the persona of the Klu [sic] Klux Klan," she stated. Another black ATF agent, Larry Stewart added, "Management has known that it existed. Managers have gone to these roundups, they have encouraged it."

Allegations of racism are nothing new at ATF. Fifteen black agents are currently suing the bureau for discrimination. One of them, Dondi Albriton claimed, "I have been called `nigger.' I've worked extensively undercover work. I've been denied training opportunities and promotions."

Expressing outrage at the possibility that Federal firearms agents might have attended the country picnic with its blatant racist and anti-Semitic themes, Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin ordered two top officials to report to him on the matter within 120 days.

Rubin called the behavior "totally inappropriate for law-enforcement officers" who must demonstrate on and off the job their freedom from bias."

The Senate Judiciary Committee has planned to look into the Tennessee affair. And the Justice Department's inspector general hopes to determine whether any employees of the department or its agencies attended the picnic.

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., said he and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus want assurances the investigations will be thorough and impartial.

"Were the agents' superiors aware of these activities?" he asked in a letter to Rubin.

Rubin told a news conference, "The rule of law can only have meaning when law enforcement officers act as instruments of justice and fairness."

Tell that to Randy Weaver, whose unarmed wife was gunned down at Ruby Ridge.

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