Black people formed one of the largest militias in the U.S. Now its leader is in prosecutors' crosshairs.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : In certain cases in which white militia groups have confronted law enforcement directly - such as the armed stand-off at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in 2016 - the feds have pounced on them.
49% : "Law enforcement and the state historically prosecutes such groups more aggressively," Tang said.
47% : Before the rally, according to the criminal complaint, the NFAC leader was warned several times by law enforcement that officers would be stationed on rooftops.
45% : Mary McCord, executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center, agreed that the feds have thrown the book at white militia members that have faced off against law enforcement.
42% : Those organizations often face the full brunt of law enforcement, which relies on a federal court system that has been shown to treat Black men more harshly than their white counterparts.
34% : In 2020 and 2021, these armed groups - almost exclusively white - paraded across the nation, opposed Black Lives Matter demonstrations, and offered themselves as security at political rallies for former President Donald Trump and other Republican politicians.

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