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A Trump ally is training 75 armed citizens. Is that a militia?

By Corey Kilgannon
New York Times·
7 mins to read

The leader of a New York City suburb is recruiting 75 armed citizens, many of them former police officers, for a force of “special deputies” to be activated whenever he chooses.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican who has allied himself with former President Donald Trump and thrust himself into the culture wars, posted a call in March for residents with gun permits and an interest in becoming “provisional emergency special deputy sheriffs”.

The posting called the initiative

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