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Langsing State Journal: Is Michigan's Capitol prepared for a 200-man attack?
LANSING — If a 200-man brigade were to storm the Michigan Capitol, as an anti-government group allegedly planned, would capital police be ready for it?
It's a question many have asked since a FBI affidavit revealed an anti-government group had discussed a plan to storm the Capitol, take lawmakers hostage and try Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for treason.
Five men from across southern Michigan and one man from Delaware were charged federally Thursday with conspiracy to kidnap Whitmer in an alleged domestic terrorism plot. Seven others face state charges of providing support for terrorist acts.
It's especially relevant because gunmen have stormed the Capitol before, albeit on a much smaller scale, said Michael McDaniel, associate dean of the Lansing campus of Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
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WNU Editor: Why 200? How about 50. And why attack a state capital. How about the White House? Congress? I always regard such thinking as nightmare scenarios. Because as well prepared as the police may be, if confronted by a lot of heavily armed fighters, there is no guarantee that they can hold them back. The hope is that the bigger the plot, the greater the likelihood that someone would inform the authorities who would then quickly put a stop to it.
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