The order

"The Order" was founded by Robert Jay Mathews at the end of September 1983 on a farm near Metaline Falls , Washington ^[1] . One of the main goals of the organization was the liberation of America from a corrupt government, supposedly controlled by the Jews , and the salvation of white heterosexual men in general. "The Order" was named in honor, and created on the model of the grouping from the book by William Pierce " Turner Diaries " ^[2] . Also one of the goals was the creation of a North-West territorial imperative that would be closed to Jews and non-whites. They often referred to the Federal Government as the ZOG, or the Zionist occupation government . Members of The Order also included Randy Evans, Gary Yarborough, Bruce Pierce, Denver Parmenter, Frank Silva, Richard Scutari, David Lane , Randy Dye, and David Tate.

The organization decided to raise funds to fight through robberies. The first was robbed by a porn shop in Spokane , Washington, but the revenue was insignificant, and it was decided to move on to robbing collectors and faking money.

Matthews managed to print a certain amount of $ 50 bills, but one of the members, Bruce Carroll Pierce, was arrested as soon as he tried to use them. To make a deposit for him, at the end of 1983, Mathews single-handedly robbed a bank north of Seattle, earning $ 25,000. In March 1984, a group of Order fighters blew up a bomb in one of the Seattle theaters to divert police attention, while another stole $ 500,000 from a collection vehicle. In June 1984, in the city of Denver, a Jewish radio journalist Alan Berg was killed by the Order. He repeatedly insulted the white racists. ^[3] . In July 1984, twelve Matthews fighters robbed another collector car, from which they expropriated $ 3,800,000 (which was the largest robbery of the collector car in history). The funds received were used to purchase vehicles, equipment and weapons and help like-minded people. The Order also acquired land in the states of Idaho and Missouri in order to create camps for training guerrilla warriors.

However, during the July expropriation of Matthews lost his gun, using which the FBI was able to reach one of the members of the Order. At about the same time, another member of the Order, Tom Martinez, who was arrested in Philadelphia for attempting to use fake banknotes, agreed to cooperate with the authorities and went to the city of Portland, Oregon, where he was to meet with Matthews and his colleague Gary Yarborough . The FBI ambushed at the motel, but Matthews managed to escape, although he was wounded in the arm, and Yarborough was arrested. On December 8, 1984, government agents (according to various sources, there were between 60 and 500) surrounded Matthews in Copeville, Washington, on Whidbee Island. He refused to surrender and engaged in a shootout with the besiegers. The FBI agents tried to force Matthews to leave the house, firing smoke grenades at him, but there was a face shield on Matthews. Then, the besiegers launched several rockets into the house, which caused an explosion of hand grenades and other ammunition stored in the house. However, after that, Matthews continued to shoot from the burning house at the agents for a while until it was burned alive. ^[four]

Court

Ten members of the organization were convicted for racketeering and three for violating the civil rights of Alan Berg. Nobody was charged with the murder. David Lane was sentenced to 190 years in prison (20 years on charges of racketeering, 20 years on charges of criminal conspiracy, and 150 years on charges of violating the civil rights of Jewish radio host Alan Berg in 1984) ^[5] .

• Kevin Flynn, Gary Gerhardt. The Silent Brotherhood: Inside America's Racist Underground. - Signet, 1990. - 496 p. - ISBN 0451167864 .
• Thomas Martinez, John Guinther. Brotherhood of Murder. - Iuniverse Inc, 1999. - 264 p. - ISBN 1583485805 .
• Morris Dees, James Corcoran. Gathering Storm: America's Militia Threat. - HarperPerennial, 1997. - 288 p. - ISBN 0060927895 .