Have you ever seen a "militia" group or whatever this is supposed to be that wasn't composed of at least 30% middle-aged fat dudes? They're not even trying to make it remotely believable. This is equivalent to pretending to bust an Islamic terror cell and all the members are Japanese women.

I used to think that stuff like this was attributable to incompetence. Now, I still think that some of it is incompetence. But the really egregious stuff, like this imbecilic "Patriot Front" bullshit, is about humiliation. They do this stuff right in front of our faces to send the message that they can get away with whatever they want to do, no matter how preposterous it is. This is "deep state" bureaucracy rubbing our noses in the fact that they're above the law, and want to make sure we see that. It's intended to demoralize us.