Details about Utah-based Robert Kinch, who backed ‘race war’, suggest rightwing militia has retained links with police

Summary

Robert “Bobby” Kinch, a former Las Vegas homicide detective, is revealed as the leader of the Utah-based Oath Keepers USA, a spinoff of the militia linked to the January 6 Capitol attack.

Kinch, who retired from the force in 2016, has a controversial history, including Facebook posts advocating a “race war” and a photo of him pointing a gun at a plate with Barack Obama’s image.

Critics highlight the threat of extremists in law enforcement.

The Oath Keepers remain active, adding police officers to their ranks amid Trump’s potential return to power.

  • TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world
    741·
    3 days ago

    It’s such a meaningful lyric, but forces and crosses don’t exactly rhyme.

    In my head, I like to switch the lyrics to be about the mounted police units.

    Some of those that work forces

    Also mount and ride horses

    • dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org
      10·
      3 days ago

      That’s an overly simplistic view of rhyming.

      In the general sense, general rhyme can refer to various kinds of phonetic similarity between words, and the use of such similar-sounding words in organizing verse. Rhymes in this general sense are classified according to the degree and manner of the phonetic similarity

      • TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world
        26·
        3 days ago

        True…I said they don’t exactly rhyme.

        I guess to be more accurate, they are not a perfect rhyme, which I personally find to be a better sounding type of rhyme.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      3 days ago

      From what I’ve heard, the original line was “those that hold office”, but the label made them reduce the scope.