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Angry Planet

Inside America’s armed militias and the new civil war

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

History, Politics, News, Conflict, War, Government

4.2898 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Depending on where you live, this story will either be shocking or old hat. But even if you have an armed "militia" operating near you, you probably don't realize just how developed these states within a state have become - and how far they've drifted from the majority of American society.

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The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the participants, not of Reuters news.

0:20.0

They would trick police officers, kidnap them,

0:23.6

take them to an abandoned home where they'd already

0:26.0

set up a place to shackle them and torture them.

0:29.0

And the whole point was, you put these officers on trial

0:32.2

for treason, you find them guilty and then you kill them.

0:42.3

On this show, we talk about some pretty intense stuff, religion, politics, weapons, war,

0:49.0

and some of the atrocities that come with war.

0:52.6

Much of what we discuss is happening far from the United States.

0:56.7

This week's episode is different.

0:58.5

It literally hits close to home,

1:00.6

especially if you live in certain parts of the United States.

1:04.3

The world of militias and sovereign individuals was shocking to me.

1:08.7

I live in New York.

1:10.1

Co-host, Matthew Galt, who lives in Texas, laughed at me for being so surprised.

1:15.5

But even Matt didn't realize how militarized America's divisions have become. You're listening to Reuters War College, a discussion of the world in conflict, focusing

1:28.8

on the stories behind the front lines.

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