Dear Editor,
The brutish BATF struck again November 8, 2006. This agency, under the leadership of Special Agent Wade Vittitow, dismantled an American patriot’s home and family.
The target for ambush was Hollis Wayne Fincher, an officer in the Washington County Militia. The militia was organized in 1994 and has strictly adhered to the Arkansas and U.S. Constitutions. March, 2006 The Morning News of NW Arkansas published an account of the militia. Former Washington County sheriff Kenneth McKee and current Sheriff Tim Helder blessed the militia in this article. It was noted in the article that the militia owned a homemade 1919 50 Cal. Machine gun, cobbled out of destroyed military weapons and secured at headquarters.
If the BATF had legitimate concerns about the militia, they only had to knock on the door and inform Mr. Fincher they had a problem, rather than storming his home and the militia headquarters. This attack by Vittitow was accompanied by seven other policing agencies, i.e. bomb squads, FBI, state & county law enforcement..
The attack was commissioned by a “fuzzy” federal program called “Project Safe Neighborhood”. The alleged goal of this program is to combat violent gun crime. Translation: silencing all militias by force.
The militia’s website describes their goals, each underpinned by our Constitutions. Mr. Fincher wrote an article titled “The Silver Bullet”. Agent Vittitow testified he had no comprehension of the Silver Bullet, perhaps showing a lack of constitutional understanding. Vittitow stated that Fincher had made numerous representations that the Federal Government was corrupt. Vittitow apparently does not understand the extent of corruption in the Federal Government. Vittitow complained that Fincher purposely lived in the boondocks which would endanger agents attacking Fincher’s home. Ah, the real agenda. Finchers have owned their homestead. for four generations.
A tax issue coupled to Washington County elitists.
Joe McCutchen
479-646-8261