West Memphis, Ark., police officers Bill Evans and Brandon Paudert were shot and killed during a traffic stop on May 20, 2010. I lost my passion for law enforcement that day.”The officers’ killings were a wake-up call for law enforcement, raising awareness about the threat far-right extremists pose to officers. Trump Should Focus on the Threat Posed by ‘Sovereign Citizens.’”Brandon Paudert with his parents at his graduation from the police academy in Arkansas in 2003. Mobilized by economic uncertainty and fears that the federal government planned to confiscate people’s firearms, far-right groups increased dramatically in number nationwide during President Obama’s eight years in office, experts say. If the Trump administration chooses to ignore the far-right threat, he said, it is risking calamity.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2017 12:05 UTC