Three Percenters
American and Canadian far-right militia group
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| June 2021 | Six Three Percenters members were indicted by a grand jury for 'conspiring to obstruct congressional proceedings' during the January 6 Capitol attack, including Alan Hostetter, Erik Scott Warner, Felipe Antonio Martinez, Derek Kinnison, Ronald Mele, and Russell Taylor. |
| June 2021 | Six men associated with the Three Percenters were indicted in the United States for conspiracy. |
| June 2021 | Canada officially declared the Three Percenters a terrorist entity. |
| June 25 2021 | The Three Percenters were officially added to the Canadian Criminal Code's list of terrorist entities, which prevents the group from accessing financial support and formally recognizes their extremist status. |
| March 18 2021 | The Illinois House voted to censure Rep. Chris Miller for attending the January 6 'Save America' rally that preceded the Capitol insurrection. |
| February 21 2021 | The leadership of the Three Percenters dissolved the American national group in response to the January 6 Capitol attack, explicitly condemning the violence. |
| January 6 2021 | Multiple factions of the Three Percenters participated in the United States Capitol attack. |
| 2020 | Three Percenters Barry Croft and Adam Fox were involved in a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. |
| May 2020 | During a Second Amendment rally in Frankfort, Kentucky, Three Percenters breached barriers at the Governor's Mansion, hanging an effigy of Governor Andy Beshear. |
| June 22 2019 | Oregon State Capitol was closed due to a 'possible militia threat' during a dispute over a cap-and-trade proposal. |
| 2018 | Three men, including former sheriff's deputy Michael B. Hari with Three Percenter connections, were arrested for the non-lethal bombing of the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. |
| 2017 | Provided security for a Patriot Prayer 'Rally for Trump and Freedom' event. |
| 2017 | Jerry Drake Varnell, a 23-year-old Oklahoma man identifying with the Three Percenters, was arrested for plotting a vehicle bomb attack on a bank in Oklahoma City. |
| August 2017 | Provided security at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Afterward, the group's National Council issued a 'stand down order' distancing themselves from racist groups. |
| 2016 | '3 Percenters of Idaho' briefly attempted to support the occupation of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. |
| August 10 2016 | Michael 'Mike' Brian Vanderboegh, a founder of the movement, died. |
| 2015 | Following the Chattanooga shootings, Three Percenters began organizing armed gatherings outside military recruitment centers in multiple states to 'protect' service members. |
| April 2013 | Jersey City police officers were disciplined for wearing 'One of the 3%' patches. |
| 2011 | Vanderboegh and his novel 'Absolved' received wider media attention when four suspected militia members in Georgia were arrested for a biological attack plot allegedly inspired by the novel. |
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