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29-05-2025
- General
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New report finds over 1K hate groups in US: Here's which ones are in Southern Colorado
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center found there were over a thousand hate and antigovernment groups in the United States in 2024, and 33 of them were in Colorado. Two of the organizations FOX21 spoke with in our region say being on the list is a badge of honor. Southern Poverty Law Center is a nonprofit, civil rights organization that releases an annual Year in Hate & Extremism report that looks into hate and antigovernment extremist groups in the United States as well as their influence on local, state, and national government. Hate groups in the US decline but their influence grows, report shows 'These groups use political, communication, violent, and online tactics to build strategies and training infrastructure to divide the country, demoralize people, and dismantle democracy,' the report said. Over 2024, the report found there were 1,371 hate and extremist groups in the United States, a 5% decline. However, the number of hate and extremist groups in Colorado has been slowly increasing, based on the new report. The report outlines 33 groups across Colorado on its 'Hate Map,' all of which are said to be hate and antigovernment groups. 10 groups are located in Southern Colorado in Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Fountain. Here's which groups across Colorado are on the list and what Southern Poverty Law said is their ideology: Group Ideology Location Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform Anti-Immigrant Lakewood Family Policy Alliance Anti-LGBTQ Colorado Springs Family Research Institute Anti-LGBTQ Colorado Springs Focus on the Family Anti-LGBTQ Colorado Springs Gays Against Groomers – Colorado Chapter Anti-LGBTQ Denver Generations Anti-LGBTQ Elizabeth The Pray in Jesus Name Project Anti-LGBTQ Colorado Springs Colorado Eagle Forum Antigovernment General Brighton Constitution Party – Colorado Antigovernment General Statewide Faith Education Commerce (FEC United) – Northern Colorado Antigovernment General Northern Colorado Freedom First Society Antigovernment General Colorado Springs Moms for Liberty – Boulder County, CO Chapter Antigovernment General Boulder County Moms for Liberty – El Paso County, CO Chapter Antigovernment General El Paso County Moms for Liberty – Larimer County, CO Chapter Antigovernment General Fort Collins Moms for Liberty – Mesa County, CO Chapter Antigovernment General Mesa County Moms for Liberty – Weld County, CO Chapter Antigovernment General Weld County Parents Involved in Education – Colorado Antigovernment General Statewide Tactical Civics – Colorado Antigovernment General Statewide Tactical Civics – Colorado Springs, CO Antigovernment General Colorado Springs Tactical Civics – Fountain, CO Antigovernment General Fountain Tactical Civics – Weld County, CO Antigovernment General Weld County Tactical Civics -Longmont, CO Antigovernment General Longmont We Are Change – Denver, CO Antigovernment General Denver Scriptures for America Worldwide Ministries Christian Identity Laporte American Freedom Network Conspiracy Propagandists Johnstown Northern Kingdom Prophets General Hate Pueblo Colorado Mountain Boys Militia El Paso County Asatru Folk Assembly – Colorado Neo-Volkisch Statewide The American States Assembly – Colorado Sovereign Citizens Movement Statewide Colorado State Assembly Sovereign Citizens Movement Statewide Peoples Operation Restoration Sovereign Citizens Movement Statewide Team Law Sovereign Citizens Movement Grand Junction Patriot Front – Colorado White Nationalist Statewide Focus on the Family says its mission is to support healthy and thriving marriages, but they've also advocated conversion therapy for gay people. The Director of Family Studies says if that lands them on a hate list, then they'll wear it with pride. 'Our big focus now is family, marriage, and parenting,' Glenn T. Stanton, the Director of Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family, explained. 'From day one, it has been like Dr. Dobson, who founded the organization, said let's put up a shingle and let's just trust God and see who shows up and need our help, and that's exactly what we do and we'be been doing that every day since the mid seventies.' Focus on the Family made the list for an anti-LGBTQ ideology, while El Paso County's Moms for Liberty was labeled as anti-government. 'When did we start considering families and parental rights and people who want the government to get out of their household as terrorists or hate groups? And that's how far we've come,' Darcy Schoening, Member of Moms for Liberty, explained. 'So, you know, people like me, Moms for Liberty, we have to keep standing up.' Lawsuit filed over Kelly Loving Act Moms for Liberty is among several groups suing the state of Colorado over the Kelly Loving Act, which expands transgender protections in Colorado. Those behind the suit claim it violates free speech and parental rights. 'We're just asking for the government to stay out of our business and not to trans our kids behind our backs,' Schoening said. Although the total number of hate and extremist groups may have dropped in the country, it continues to rise in Colorado. Previous reports tracked 30 groups in 2023 in Colorado, 31 in 2022, 18 in 2021, and 17 in 2020. During the start of the report in 2000, the Hate Map only noted seven groups in Colorado. While the number of white nationalist, hate, and anti-government groups around the U.S. dropped in 2024, the report said this isn't because of the shrinking influence. The report attributes the decline to the lesser sense of urgency to organize because these beliefs have entered politics, education, and society. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
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New report finds over 1K hate groups in US: Here's which ones are in Colorado
DENVER (KDVR) — A new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center found there were over a thousand hate and antigovernment groups in the United States in 2024, and 33 of them were in Colorado. Southern Poverty Law Center is a nonprofit, civil rights organization that releases an annual Year in Hate & Extremism report that looks into hate and antigovernment extremist groups in the United States as well as their influence on local, state and national government. Hate groups in the US decline but their influence grows, report shows 'These groups use political, communication, violent, and online tactics to build strategies and training infrastructure to divide the country, demoralize people, and dismantle democracy,' the report said. Over 2024, the report found there were 1,371 hate and extremist groups in the United States, a 5% decline. However, the number of hate and extremist groups in Colorado has been slowly increasing, based on the new report. The report outlines 33 groups across Colorado on its 'Hate Map,' all of which are said to be hate and antigovernment groups. Here's which groups across Colorado are on the list: Group Ideology Location Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform Anti-Immigrant Lakewood Family Policy Alliance Anti-LGBTQ Colorado Springs Family Research Institute Anti-LGBTQ Colorado Springs Focus on the Family Anti-LGBTQ Colorado Springs Gays Against Groomers – Colorado Chapter Anti-LGBTQ Denver Generations Anti-LGBTQ Elizabeth The Pray in Jesus Name Project Anti-LGBTQ Colorado Springs Colorado Eagle Forum Antigovernment General Brighton Constitution Party – Colorado Antigovernment General Statewide Faith Education Commerce (FEC United) – Northern Colorado Antigovernment General Northern Colorado Freedom First Society Antigovernment General Colorado Springs Moms for Liberty – Boulder County, CO Chapter Antigovernment General Boulder County Moms for Liberty – El Paso County, CO Chapter Antigovernment General El Paso County Moms for Liberty – Larimer County, CO Chapter Antigovernment General Fort Collins Moms for Liberty – Mesa County, CO Chapter Antigovernment General Mesa County Moms for Liberty – Weld County, CO Chapter Antigovernment General Weld County Parents Involved in Education – Colorado Antigovernment General Statewide Tactical Civics – Colorado Antigovernment General Statewide Tactical Civics – Colorado Springs, CO Antigovernment General Colorado Springs Tactical Civics – Fountain, CO Antigovernment General Fountain Tactical Civics – Weld County, CO Antigovernment General Weld County Tactical Civics -Longmont, CO Antigovernment General Longmont We Are Change – Denver, CO Antigovernment General Denver Scriptures for America Worldwide Ministries Christian Identity Laporte American Freedom Network Conspiracy Propagandists Johnstown Northern Kingdom Prophets General Hate Pueblo Colorado Mountain Boys Militia El Paso County Asatru Folk Assembly – Colorado Neo-Volkisch Statewide The American States Assembly – Colorado Sovereign Citizens Movement Statewide Colorado State Assembly Sovereign Citizens Movement Statewide Peoples Operation Restoration Sovereign Citizens Movement Statewide Team Law Sovereign Citizens Movement Grand Junction Patriot Front – Colorado White Nationalist Statewide The total number of hate and extremist groups may have dropped in the country, however, it continues to rise in Colorado. Previous reports tracked 30 groups in 2023 in Colorado, where there were 31 groups in 2022, 18 groups in 2021 and 17 in 2020. During the start of the report in 2000, the Hate Map only noted seven groups in Colorado. While the number of white nationalist, hate and anti-government groups around the U.S. dropped in 2024, the report said this isn't because of the shrinking influence. The report attributes the decline to the lesser sense of urgency to organize because these beliefs have entered politics, education and society. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Politics
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Citizen grand jury bill fails on House floor
(Photo by Getty Images). Citizen grand juries aren't coming to Montana, at least for now. House lawmakers voted down legislation to change the state's constitution to allow citizens to summon a jury via petition was voted down 40-60 on Tuesday afternoon. Rep. Tom Millett, R-Marion, sponsored House Bill 460 which he said was intended to hold 'public officials, institutions and individuals accountable for their actions' and mentioned it was a tool against corruption. 'It is my firm belief that a citizen's grand jury offers a range of benefits that can help restore trust, ensure fairness and protect the rights of all citizens,' Millett said on the House floor. The bill would have allowed for 100 registered voters in a county, plus an additional 1/2 percent of the county's population regardless of a county's size, to petition to convene a grand jury. Once the threshold is met and sent to the county's election administrator, a judge would impanel an 11-person jury. The bill would have been a constitutional amendment brought to the voters. The grand jury would act as its own judge, according to the bill. Similar legislation has been passed in Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Nevada and North Dakota. Montana has seen some support for citizen grand juries in the past, two similar bills during the 2023 session failed to pass. Another attempt in 2010 died as well. Comments from former Rep. Lola Sheldon-Galloway, who was the sponsor of one of two bills, included her saying grand juries weren't part of any of the three branches of government. At least one member of Tactical Civics, a group that teaches the U.S. is a Christian nation and its members are empowered to hold public officials accountable, also spoke in favor Sheldon-Galloway's bill. The group, which according to Lee Newspapers has gained something of a foothold in Montana and educates people on how to form a 'constitutional militia,' has the goal of creating citizen grand juries and expanding the U.S. House of Representatives, and its members believe much of the federal government to be illegal and warn of corruption. Opponents said in committee and on the floor that it could be used to target people for little reason at all. Rep. Ed Stafman, D-Bozeman, a former civil rights lawyer, spoke in strong opposition to the bill on the floor. 'A bit of research on these few other states that allow for citizen grand juries will show that they've mostly been used to investigate government officials based on conspiracy theories or vendettas,' Stafman said. 'The most common use was to investigate alleged government complicity in the September 11 attacks or issues around President Obama's birth certificate.' Millett did not agree with the characterization. 'A lot of these objections that I hear, they all center around the potential for people misusing this process to go after their political enemies,' Millett said. 'I don't agree with that. I actually believe that claim is a slap in the face to everybody in Montana.'
