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Community Safety in a Time of Insurrection
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Join us live Sunday October 24th 7pm ET for a online screening & discussion of this week's episode, Register, for more Info and full episode notes goto=> Patreon.com/theLFShow
The last US soldier to leave Afghanistan returned home this August, but private security personnel long outnumbered US troops in that war, and the for-profit business of training guns-for-hire is booming -- literally -- in the backyards of many rural Americans. In this special episode, The Laura Flanders Show travels to the tiny town of Hoffman in Richmond County, NC, where residents live next to a loud private training ground.They have real concerns about who is receiving training there and why, especially after the January 6th Insurrection at the Capitol. Laura interviews Hoffman’s Mayors and one of the County Commissioners who approved the permit for Oak Grove Technologies’ tactical training site. They regret that approval now. And we travel to nearby Hoke County, where a diverse coalition of local stakeholders — and an all-POC County Commission — were able to stop the expansion of Reservoir International, another training outfit seeking to expand its footprint near the county seat of Raeford. “The latter is an example of the power of community organizing,” says Serena Sebring of Blueprint NC. Blueprint is partnering with a statewide network of veteran ant-racist, anti-militia organizers to pool information and lift up local strategies for making communities safer.
“I don't think it's worthwhile for the county period. And it's really not good for the town of Hoffman. [We need to tell these private paramilitary training groups that]. We don't need you anymore… Go back to the military, go back to camp McCall, go back to Fort Bragg... Don't let the civilians takeover military. We don't need it. “ Don Bryant
Guests
Donald Bryant, Richmond County Commissioner
Tommy Hart, Mayor Hoffman, NC
Daniel Kelly, Mayor Pro Tempore, Hoffman, NC
Danielle Purifoy, Assistant Professor, Dept of Geography, UNC Chapel Hill
Harry Southerland, Chairman, Hoke County Board of Commissioners
Christina Davis McCoy, Former Executive Director, North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence
Jim Davis, Former Sheriff, Hoke County, NC
Serena Sebring, Executive Director, BluePrint NC
The Laura Flanders Show Crew: Laura Flanders, Sabrina Artel, David Neuman, Nat Needham, Rory O'Conner, Janet Hernandez, Sarah Miller and Jeannie Hopper
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Manage episode 305256945 series 2448299
Join us live Sunday October 24th 7pm ET for a online screening & discussion of this week's episode, Register, for more Info and full episode notes goto=> Patreon.com/theLFShow
The last US soldier to leave Afghanistan returned home this August, but private security personnel long outnumbered US troops in that war, and the for-profit business of training guns-for-hire is booming -- literally -- in the backyards of many rural Americans. In this special episode, The Laura Flanders Show travels to the tiny town of Hoffman in Richmond County, NC, where residents live next to a loud private training ground.They have real concerns about who is receiving training there and why, especially after the January 6th Insurrection at the Capitol. Laura interviews Hoffman’s Mayors and one of the County Commissioners who approved the permit for Oak Grove Technologies’ tactical training site. They regret that approval now. And we travel to nearby Hoke County, where a diverse coalition of local stakeholders — and an all-POC County Commission — were able to stop the expansion of Reservoir International, another training outfit seeking to expand its footprint near the county seat of Raeford. “The latter is an example of the power of community organizing,” says Serena Sebring of Blueprint NC. Blueprint is partnering with a statewide network of veteran ant-racist, anti-militia organizers to pool information and lift up local strategies for making communities safer.
“I don't think it's worthwhile for the county period. And it's really not good for the town of Hoffman. [We need to tell these private paramilitary training groups that]. We don't need you anymore… Go back to the military, go back to camp McCall, go back to Fort Bragg... Don't let the civilians takeover military. We don't need it. “ Don Bryant
Guests
Donald Bryant, Richmond County Commissioner
Tommy Hart, Mayor Hoffman, NC
Daniel Kelly, Mayor Pro Tempore, Hoffman, NC
Danielle Purifoy, Assistant Professor, Dept of Geography, UNC Chapel Hill
Harry Southerland, Chairman, Hoke County Board of Commissioners
Christina Davis McCoy, Former Executive Director, North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence
Jim Davis, Former Sheriff, Hoke County, NC
Serena Sebring, Executive Director, BluePrint NC
The Laura Flanders Show Crew: Laura Flanders, Sabrina Artel, David Neuman, Nat Needham, Rory O'Conner, Janet Hernandez, Sarah Miller and Jeannie Hopper
FOLLOW The Laura Flanders Show
Twitter: twitter.com/thelfshow
TikTok: tiktok.com/@thelfshow
Facebook: facebook.com/theLFshow
Instagram: instagram.com/thelfshow
YouTube: youtube.com/@thelfshow
ACCESSIBILITY - The broadcast edition of this episode is available with closed captioned by clicking here for our YouTube Channel
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