Kansas militia says it spurned alleged terrorists arrested in Garden City case

by Judy L. Thomas

November 2, 2016

Something about the request just didn’t feel right to Miles Evans.

Over the summer, the state commander of the Kansas Flatlanders Militia had been contacted by two men who wanted to join his group. Evans had run into the two at militia training events. But they belonged to another group, he said, and it seemed odd that they wanted to hook up with his militia, clear across the state from their southwest Kansas communities.

“They contacted me through Facebook,” said Evans, who lives in Wichita. “… I remembered exactly who they were. So I went to my second-in-command and spoke with him. He basically said all we can do is vet them, see what their outlook is and see what their intentions are.”