As a graduate student, Dr. Amy Cooter spent three years embedded with Michigan militia groups for her research.
ABC News spoke with Cooter about the state of the militia movement in the U.S. two years after the January 6 insurrection, and what it might mean for future elections.
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Amy Cooter
| by Stephen Diehl
Amy Cooter, senior research fellow at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, wrote an opinion piece for The Conversation, noting a possible change in public sentiment regarding limits of free speech.
| by Sierra Abukins
The partnership was announced during President Biden’s United We Stand summit at the White House.
| by Stephen Diehl
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