Fresh on the heels of a member of one right-wing militant group opening fire on students, another right-wing militant group is, without even pretending to seek permission, setting up armed “guards” to “protect” schools, presumably from people very much like themselves.
Assuming this is the same Oath Keepers that’s pulled stunts like these in the past, here’s the con they’re running: Some bloody event has claimed national headlines and they weren’t at it, so people continue to not care about their message. So they try to stir up another bloodbath, so that their members can use their presence at the next massacre as a media platform to spout their worldview. And this time they’re doing it at schools.
As far as I’ve seen there is no confirmation that Cruz was a member of a militant group. Early on there were reports that he participated in a white supremacist organization but that story hasn’t held up according to reports.
I guess the MAGA hat is the only solid evidence of white supremacist leanings, then.
From what I read about the Oath Keepers, there’s plenty to find objectionable but where is the evidence of the “con” to which you allude?
Follow the last link. Attempting to dump a large amount of weapons into Ferguson at that time was nothing less than dumping kerosene on a flame. I have no doubt at all their goal was to get citizens and cops shooting each other in larger numbers, and I credit the citizens of Ferguson for knowing the math on that and declining their “assistance”. Thankfully, the Oath Keepers wasted some rubles on that particular gambit.
Agreed there’s not much the schools can do, we’re back to that “reasonable” standard of intent to harm, and they seem fairly good at staying on the safe side of that line (well, safe for white guys).