The Phoenix New Times is carrying a
report on the fight between the two militia groups.
“Lewis Aurther aka "Louie the prepper" the well known antagonist has set up camp across the street. I know Lewis from a face to face meeting in Nevada where he made a bunch of false accusations of massive theft and me personally being a federal agent. He has instantly expressed intentions of "tearing this thing down". Dispite his current work "veterans on patrol", he is bad news here.”
So is Arthur on a mission to destroy the Bundy protest? Cooper, the Arizona man who threw the punches, sure thinks so. Here’s his third-person account of what happened during the Oregon mêlée:
“Lewis Arthur with two other men came into refuge last night and the 3 of them assaulted a disabled Vietnam Veteran at the gate. They threw him to the ground and cut his hand, and broke his mirror off his truck. Then stormed into the refuge and ganged up on Blaine Cooper and assaulted him, Blaine Defended himself and was able to hold the three off and make them leave the refuge several witness the event. He was not welcome and is not apart of the Operation. But forced his way in anyway he was told not to come because it was a safety issue. I do believe Lewis Is a Paid Provocateur by the Fed's to divide and destroy.”
The whole thing sounds like what happens in my town during the summer months when large numbers of loosely affiliated redneck type partygoers meet up to burn pallets and drink beer. Someone doesn't like having someone else there because they used to date the same girlfriend, or somebody got somebody fired, or somebody was being disrespectful to someone or something, or some other stupid bullshit. I saw one fight break out when Person A struck Person B's truck with either his hand or foot (it was unclear which). Person A's supporters said the truck drove too close to the guy and he was right to lash out. Person B's supporters say Person B was just minding his own business and Person A should know better than to strike a man's truck because he might have damaged it. These guys went after at it hammer-and-tongs, resulting in bloody noses, torn shirts, etc. The level of pointless, violent posturing was astounding.
