The Gadsden Minutemen

Federal Cops Hold Racist Summer Camp

In July 1995, militia members gathered evidence of an annual "police
officers' gathering" billed as the "Good O' Boys Roundup" in Ocoee, Tennessee.
The event incurred national scrutiny over charges of
racism, sexual assault and drug use.

Jeff Randall of the Gadsden Minutemen militia exposed the event with
the help of a confidential informant, videotaping portions of the event.
A disinformation campaign tried to discredit the informers and their
videotape, but in Congressional hearings federal officials admitted
such activity did occur, and the Justice Department's March 1996 report
on the annual event found much to criticize.

The July 22, 1995 San Francisco Examiner reported that
federal investigators recovered deleted computer files concerning the
gathering written by its organizer.

Senate Hearings

In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 21, 1995,
DEA administrator Thomas Constantine admitted that the entrance to the
gathering was posted with a sign saying, "Nigger Checkpoint: Any niggers
in that car?  17 cents a pound."
Senators also displayed "Federal Nigger Hunting Licenses" distributed
at the gathering.
Racist T-shirts and other materials were also present. Participants conducted
a racist campfire skit showing a Ku Klux Klansman sodomizing a participant
in blackface.

BATF directory John Magaw testified that from 1980 until 1985, the
event was mainly a small gathering of local police officers for
outdoor recreation such as camping and rafting. From 1985 to 1990,
the event grew, and "a lot of the things that were very horrendous, in
my opinion, took place." A dozen to fifteen active or retired ATF agents
have attended each year.

Magaw testified that ATF agents organized the event, sending out
applications, collecting dues, reserving the area and so forth.

Magaw said that "why it expanded so much, is that obviously, law
enforcement, because of drugs, because of gangs, because of guns
being moved across the country, because of all those kinds of movement, you
would work with people from another state."

Justice Department Report

In March 1996, the Justice Department released the report on its
investigation into its employees' participation. The investigation did
not look into local police officers' actions or those of other Treasury
Department employees such as BATF agents.

The report admitted that "our investigation revealed ample evidence of
shocking, racist, licentious and puerile behavior." An estimated 44
Justice Department employees, mainly FBI and DEA agents, participated
in the roundups over the years.

The report cleared the Justice Department employees of any
significant wrongdoing, although one agent was suspended without pay
for five days for making a racist remark. The investigation found,
conveniently enough, that local police were likely responsible for
the more offensive behavior.



Sources: July 22, 1995 San Francisco Examiner;
March 13, 1996 New York Times News Service article
"Report criticizes 'good ol' boys roundup'," reprinted in the NandO Times.
Federal Cops Hold Racist Summer Camp

Warning: Jeff Randall has left the militia movement.
Jeff has stated he has friends in the 'CIA'.
Mike Kemp is still in there fighting for our Rights.

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