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Chuck Tanner

Chuck Tanner is an Advisory Board member and researcher for the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights. He lives in Washington State where he researches and works to counter white nationalism and the anti-Indian and other far right social movements.

CSPOA to Boost Sheriff’s “Election Fraud” Project at “Freedom Fest” Featured
July 9, 2022

CSPOA to Boost Sheriff’s “Election Fraud” Project at “Freedom Fest”

In a “Call to Action” aimed at raising the profile of its campaign to organize county sheriffs to intervene in elections, the far-right Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officer Association (CSPOA) has rescheduled its conference from September to mid-July – a date chosen to coincide with the sizeable “Freedom Fest” taking…
CSPOA-Allied Sheriff Calls for “Electoral Fraud” Task Force Far-RightParamilitarywhite nationalism
June 20, 2022

CSPOA-Allied Sheriff Calls for “Electoral Fraud” Task Force

Barry County, Michigan Sheriff Dar Leaf Says Militia May Be Necessary if “Redress of Grievance” Not Achieved   A Michigan Sheriff under investigation for his efforts to investigate “election fraud” has called for creating a sheriff’s task force to investigate such allegations in the state. Explaining that he would like…
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Whitewashes Militia Promoters Featured
June 14, 2022

Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Whitewashes Militia Promoters

On June 16th, an organization headed by a former Director of the Oath Keepers is scheduled to train law enforcement officers in Meridian, Texas. Longtime militia-backer Richard Mack’s Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) is the headline training organization for a joint event with the Bosque County Sheriff’s Office.…
“Constitutional Sheriffs” and the “Election Fraud” Conspiracy Posse Featured
June 14, 2022

“Constitutional Sheriffs” and the “Election Fraud” Conspiracy Posse

Former Oath Keepers director Richard Mack, and his group, the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), have long pressed the idea that sheriffs can block laws they deem “unconstitutional,” including gun laws. Now the group has taken up the electoral fraud conspiracies at the heart of the January 6…
“A Deep Desire To Dominate Without Mercy” White nationalists gain friends in power at AFPAC III white nationalism
March 7, 2022

“A Deep Desire To Dominate Without Mercy” White nationalists gain friends in power at AFPAC III

When white nationalist Nick Fuentes stepped to the podium at the February 25 America First Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, the third installment of his America First Foundation’s annual conference (AFPAC III), the mid-20s “Groyper” cheerleader beamed with glee. Fuentes claimed more than one thousand in attendance, declaring his…
Ken Paxton at January 6 Save America Rally
Texas Attorney General Scheduled to Speak at Far-Right Sheriffs Event Featured
October 15, 2021

Texas Attorney General Scheduled to Speak at Far-Right Sheriffs Event

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been announced as a speaker at an October 23 event in Mesquite, Texas, hosted by the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) of North Texas. CSPOA, led nationally by former Graham County, Arizona sheriff and militia advocate Richard Mack, is best known for…
“We are at WAR” People’s Rights Activist Charged in January 6th Insurrection Featured
August 4, 2021

“We are at WAR” People’s Rights Activist Charged in January 6th Insurrection

Pamela Hemphill, an early activist in the People’s Rights network, was charged yesterday for her role in the January 6th nationalist insurrection in Washington D.C. Hemphill of Boise, Idaho, is an ardent supporter of Donald Trump, an anti-vaxxer, and an early opponent of COVID-19 related public health measures. She was…
Rift in Miami Proud Boys as Group Engages in Local Activism, Enrique Tarrio Builds On Alliance with People’s Rights Featured
August 3, 2021

Rift in Miami Proud Boys as Group Engages in Local Activism, Enrique Tarrio Builds On Alliance with People’s Rights

A rift appears to have developed in the Miami chapter of the Proud Boys, evidenced in Telegram posts circulated by at least two chapters and the far right MurderTheMedia channel. On August 1, the Seattle and American Redoubt (Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho, Western Montana) Proud Boys circulated a MurderTheMedia post…
The People’s Rights Campaign to Overturn Tribal Water and Fishing Rights in the Klamath Basin Featured
June 10, 2021

The People’s Rights Campaign to Overturn Tribal Water and Fishing Rights in the Klamath Basin

This article is the fourth 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…