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Lincoln attorney John Decamp speaks by phone with the head of the Montana Militia. Decamp
represented the right-wing group when they were charged with numerous felonies last year.
FBI questions Lincoln lawyer
By Jeff Zeleny
Editor
and Brian Sharp
Senior Reporter
John DeCamp, a Lincoln lawyer
-and former Nebraska state senator,
was questioned this week by the FBI
about his knowledge of militias in the
United States.
DeCamp, who represents the Mi
litia of Montana in First Amendment
freedom cases, said his familiarity
with the group was the subject of a
two-hour discussion with FBI agents
on Monday.
Authorities are investigating a
connection between suspects in the
Oklahoma City bombing and the
Michigan Militia.
“Obviously as a result of that, and
because of my representation of a
number of other interesting folks
across the United States, an incident
like this happens and I may have
some information of value,” DeCamp
said.
DeCamp was a state senator from
1971 to 1986. He made unsuccessful
bids for state attorney general in 1990
and governor in 1994.
Militia groups across the country
have been the focus of investigations
from the government and the media.
The Militia of Montana is among the
most visible and most extreme groups
in the country.
Robert Benford, an associate soci
ology professor at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln who studies social
protest groups, cautioned against con
clusions that tied the bombing to any
social movement.
Although suspects in the Okla
homa City bombing were tied to para
military groups, he said, it is unclear
if their alleged action was influenced
by the groups.
“The place to look for understand
ing of this tragedy is within our own
culture,” Benford said, “rather than
something on the fringes of our cul
ture.”
Randy Trochmann, a co-founder
of the Montana militia said his group
condemned the Oklahoma bombing.
The group’s purpose is to inform
America of the corruption in govern
ment, he said, and to get people po
litically involved.
“We’ve seen that take place last
November,” he said. “Were it not for
the American patriot militia organi
zations that have popped up across
the nation, the newcomers on the
(Capitol) Hill wouldn’t be there.”
Benford said mainstream culture
was becoming increasingly violent.
Survivalist and apocalyptic groups
play on that violence and are nothing
new to the Midwest.
Benford pointed to radicals such as
the Posse Commitatus; another cult
group in southeastern Nebraska; and
the recent arrest of neo-Nazi Gary
Lauck, a former Lincoln resident.
“We’re searching around right now
with very little information,” Benford
said. “People are pointing fingers
and trying to affix blame.
“We need to be very thoughtful in
how we react.”
Increasing government access into
private lives and infringements on
civil liberties only reinforce the mes
sage these groups preach, he said.
“We don’t want to play right into
their hands and confirm their proph
ecies,” Benford said. “We have to
realize how fluid this is.”
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Musician
prevents
alleged
stabbing
From Staff Reports
A downtown guitar player saved a
Lincoln man from being stabbed
Tuesday night, police said.
Jon Gates was at the comer of 14th
and O streets talking to Jon
“Guitarman” Davis when Gates was
approached by a panhandler, police
reported.
Kevin Runningbear, a transient,
asked Gates for 50 cents. When Gates
said no, Runningbear pulled a white
handled knife and lunged at him,
police said.
Davis saw the knife and shoved
Gates out of the way, evading the
alleged attack. Gates ran north 20
yardson 14th Street with Runningbear
chasing behind, police said.
Davis, meanwhile, called police,
who stopped Runningbear on O Street
between 13th and 14th streets.
Runningbear refused police requests
to take his hands from his pockets.
Police subdued Runningbear with
pepper spray. Police discovered the
concealed knife on Runningbear and
took him into custody.
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