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Chuck Tanner and Devin Burghart

Chuck Tanner is IREHR's research director. Devin Burghart is the executive director of IREHR.

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Two Texas Sheriff’s Departments Co-Sponsor Events with Far-Right Posse Proponents Featured
July 7, 2021

Two Texas Sheriff’s Departments Co-Sponsor Events with Far-Right Posse Proponents

Former sheriff Richard Mack is on a mission to resurrect the Posse Comitatus and recruit local law enforcement to his cause. Part of fulfilling that mission involves his organization, the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), co-sponsoring a national bus tour with an antisemitic conspiracy monger. At the same…
“Constitutional Sheriffs” Group Teams Up with Antisemitic Conspiracist Featured
July 2, 2021

“Constitutional Sheriffs” Group Teams Up with Antisemitic Conspiracist

On the Fourth of July, the “Arise USA” buses roll into Keystone, South Dakota, for the “Resurrection Tour.” The stop is the fortieth of the Arise USA: The Resurrection Tour’s scheduled 110-day, eighty-nine stop journey across the country. At the Keystone stop, for $1000 per person, VIPs can visit Historic…
People’s Rights Network to Host Writer for White Nationalist Tabloid Featured
June 17, 2021

People’s Rights Network to Host Writer for White Nationalist Tabloid

This article is the fifth in an ongoing series documenting the intervention of the far-right People’s Rights network into the Klamath River Basin drought situation. You can find the earlier pieces in the series here. For more on the People’s Rights network, make sure to check out the IREHR and…
Beyond DC – Mapping Stop the Steal Insurrection Rallies in the States AppFeatured
January 8, 2021

Beyond DC – Mapping Stop the Steal Insurrection Rallies in the States

While attention was focused on the far-right insurrection Wednesday in Washington D.C., nationalist protests aimed at overturning election results also took place in states across the country. As in D.C., violence and breaches of government property also occurred in several instances. Also, like the insurrection at the Capitol Building, far-right…
Far-Right, Militia to Press Clark County Sheriff to Join Reopen Cause COVID-19Featured
June 22, 2020

Far-Right, Militia to Press Clark County Sheriff to Join Reopen Cause

Far-right activists in southwestern Washington are mimicking the efforts of Michigan militia groups who helped turn a small-town barber into a martyr of the insurrection against COVID-19 safety precautions. This time, they want to use the case of a pet groomer to merge far-right hostility to COVID-19 restrictions with militia…
Three Percenters Pose with Olympia Police Officer, Sparks Need for Thorough Investigation Featured
June 18, 2020

Three Percenters Pose with Olympia Police Officer, Sparks Need for Thorough Investigation

Following IREHR’s reporting on troubling relationships between far-right paramilitaries and law enforcement, this article opens a series looking at militia organizing in Olympia, Washington that surfaced after a police officer was photographed with a group of heavily-armed Three Percenters. In the midst of nationwide protests over police killings of African-Americans,…
Dangerous Liaisons: Some in law enforcement look to militia groups COVID-19Featured
June 4, 2020

Dangerous Liaisons: Some in law enforcement look to militia groups

The protests demanding justice for George Floyd, and an end to police racism, have mobilized people across the country. As these protests have unfolded, nationalist militias, boogaloo boys, and other far-right and racist activists have inserted themselves into the protests in various ways in dozens of instances across the country.…