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Of this 1955 chevy/monster truck thingy that is also called the war wagon, but i dont think thats what theyre putting the gun on. i think its a different war wagon. the way operation exodus is going in bossier parish is that the sheriff came up with this idea. he put out the press release and then the sheriff proactively contacted people who lived in bossier parish who he wanted to join this little militia. and the sheriff chose 200 people. 195 of the 200 are white men, the sheriff is providing ...

Its now been reported by the "shreveport times" and that local reporting has been picked up nationally by talking points memo. the sheriffs department there says operation exodus is designed to build a local paramilitary force to deal with the threat of, you know, threats and stuff. in the words of the "shreveport times", quote, the bossier sheriffs office is launching a program called operation exodus, a policing plan for an end of the world scenario involving a mostly white group of ex-police ...

The world scenario involving a mostly white group of ex-police volunteers and a 50 caliber machine gun inspired in part from the book of exodus in the bible. the .50-caliber machine gun is for real, mounted on something the sheriffs office calls the war wagon. i so wish we had a picture of the bossier county sheriffs war wagon with the .50-caliber mounted machine gun. we do have these awesome shots of this 1955 chevy/monster truck thingy that is also called the war wagon but i dont think thats w...

These people with shotguns and with batons and with riot shields. the sheriff has already started training them as you can see in hand-to-hand combat. and then theres the war wagon with the .50-caliber machine gun. sheriff dean explains the need for this militia as follows. as evidenced by recent terror threats its apparent home grown terrorists are in our midst. with the easy accessibility of the internet, it is quite possible that these local and international terrorists can form a national or...

Truck. so its unclear how that would help take on most terrorist attacks. but i guess they want to be ready for any eventuality. >> and is there anybody that says this is just a crazy waste of money to be spending money on a war wagon and all this equipment for a remote parish like this to fight terrorists? >> well, actually, they say they already had the war wagon which sort of raises a whole bunch of other questions about what they felt they needed before this plan. the other thing is what peo...

Was no longer such a concern. what theyre doing is, they say, training volunteers in hand-to-hand combat techniques. its not quite clear whether the idea is for them to take on the terrorists directly in the event of an attack or whether the idea is to protect against looters and rioters and the chaos that an attack would cause. but they say they just want to be prepared. >> and zach, in your reporting in this town, you say that its mostly retired police officers. about 200 of them. theyre armed...

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Mounted on what they call a war wagon, which looks like a huge monster truck, batones and shotguns. i think they would be significantly more armed. >> is anybody else in the state concerned about this? >> no concerns so far. local fbi seems to be unaware of whats going on. theyre looking into it. i guess well see what happens. >> zach, thanks for coming in, sharing the story. im contessa brewer. that wraps up this hour for me. see you back here noon eastern tomorrow and 9:00 am if youre out ne...

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