Ties That Bind: Far White Extremism and Law Enforcement

Michigan verdict exposes FBI’s struggle to make cases against people who look like them, says domestic extremism expert Janet Reitman

Janet Reitman, who has spent years writing about domestic extremism and law enforcement, says a Michigan jury’s acquittal of two white men who plotted to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer came as no surprise to her. Rural juries are reluctant to accept the feds’ portrayal of white supremacists and anti-government militants as serious threats—the defendan…