Three Percenters

3 Percenters
Formation2008; 16 years ago (2008)
FounderMichael "Mike" Brian Vanderboegh
DissolvedFebruary 21, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-02-21) (as national organization, local groups continue)
Legal statusInactive
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The Three Percenters[a] are an American and Canadian far-right anti-government militia.[2][3][4][5]

The group advocates gun ownership rights and resistance to the U.S. federal government.[6][7] The group's name derives from the erroneous[8][9] claim that "the active forces in the field against the King's tyranny never amounted to more than 3% of the colonists" during the American Revolution.[10]

The group is based in the U.S. and has a presence in Canada. It has been described as the "most dangerous" extremist group in Canada.[6]

On February 21, 2021, their leadership dissolved the American national group in response to the January 6 United States Capitol attack, condemning the violence.[11] Multiple factions of the group and others adhering to the Three Percenter movement participated in the attack.[12] In June 2021, six men associated with the group were indicted in the U.S. for conspiracy, and Canada declared the group a terrorist entity.[13]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Balleck was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Spencer Sunshine (January 5, 2016). "Profile on the Right: Three Percenters". Political Research Associates. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  3. ^ Miller-Still, Ray (October 15, 2019). "Black Diamond council member identified as a 'Three Percenter.' What does that mean?". Courier-Herald. Archived from the original on February 2, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  4. ^ Giglio, Mike. "A Pro-Trump Militant Group Has Recruited Thousands of Police, Soldiers, and Veterans". The Atlantic. ISSN 1072-7825. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "Three Percenters". Anti-Defamation League. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Hutter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Crothers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Three Percenters". Anti-Defamation League. August 23, 2018. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  9. ^ Tures, John A. (July 3, 2017). "More Americans Fought in the American Revolution Than We Thought". Observer. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  10. ^ "The Three Percenters: Who We Are". The Three Percenters. Archived from the original on August 14, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  11. ^ "TTPO's Final Statement - The Three Percenters - Original". thethreepercenters.org. March 10, 2021. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  12. ^ "Summoning a mob to Washington, and knowing they were angry and armed, instructing them to march to the Capitol". j6.report. Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  13. ^ Ljunggren, David (June 25, 2021). Nomiyama, Chizu (ed.). "Canada puts U.S. Three Percenters militia on terror list, cites risk of violent extremism". Reuters. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.


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