Amy Cooter: the rise of militias in the United States
The riots in Washington DC on the 6th of January stormed headlines around the world for their ferocity and the type of people involved. Many of the people in the riots and who stormed the Capitol building were wearing patches and insignia of several self-defined "Militias". Where did these militias come from and how do they work? Dr Amy Cooter is a Senior Lecturer in sociology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tennessee. She's been researching these militia groups and people who join them for the last ten years.