Three Percenters are Canada's 'most dangerous' extremist group, say some experts

When hundreds of white supremacists staged a march in Charlottesville, Va., last August, most of the attention was on the counter-protester killed when a vehicle, believed to have been driven by one of the marchers, plowed into a crowd of pedestrians, and on the controversial statements made about the event by U.S. President Donald Trump.

There was little news coverage, however, of an armed group called the Three Percenters, whose members, dressed in paramilitary gear and carrying guns, attended the rally, acting as a self-styled security detail independent of law enforcement.

The name of the group is a reference to the claim — debated among historians — that only three per cent of Americans took up arms and served in George Washington's Colonial Army in the American Revolution against the British.

The group says its main goals are to protect the right to bear arms, defend against an "overreaching government" and "push back against tyranny" but claims on its website that it is not a militia and not anti-government per se.

The group was established in 2008 and picked up steam after the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president, part of a broader growth of anti-government groups that some observers have dubbed the patriot movement.  (more...)

Three Percenters are Canada's 'most dangerous' extremist group, say some experts

Background:

Has an American militia moved to Canada?

Idle hands are the devil’s workshop; idle lips are his mouthpiece. (Proverbs 16:27)