Newly released FBI tapes show white supremacist members of 'The Base' plotting terror attacks that they hoped would ignite a racial civil war.
Those arrested include two Americans -- Brian Mark Lemley and William Garfield Bilbrough IV -- and Patrik Mathews, a former reservist in the Canadian Army.For a month, FBI agents listened in as two members of a white supremacist group discussed their sinister plans: a plot to use a pro-gun rights rally in Richmond, Virginia, to engage in mass murder and attacks on critical infrastructure, which they believed would mark the start of a racial civil war.
"We need to go back to the days of ... decimating Blacks and getting rid of them where they stand," Mathews said in one recording."If you see a bunch of Blacks sitting on some corner you f***ing shoot them." The tapes offer a chilling look into the private plotting of the two members of"The Base," a white supremacistthat the FBI says has, since 2018, recruited members both in the U.S. and abroad through a combination of online chat rooms, private meetings, and military-style training camps. In their plea agreements and at sentencing, Mathews and Lemley both acknowledged their membership in the group.
The recordings captured by the FBI included Mathews and Lemley discussing potential acts of terror they could carry out around the Richmond rally that would lead authorities and, eventually, the U.S. government, to capitulate to the chaos and bloodshed taking place."You wanna create f***ing some instability while the Virginia situation is happening, make other things happen," Mathews said."Derail some rail lines ... shut down the highways ... shut down the rest of the roads ...
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