As over a thousand patriots and American citizens prepared to attend the funeral of rancher Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, the Utah Statewide Information & Analysis Center (SIAC), a homeland security sponsored fusion center, was collecting intelligence on possible attendees as well as hysterically warning local law enforcement of the supposed threat posed by patriots, including women and children, paying their respects to a man killed by the government.

The unclassified SIAC report, originally released by Infowars, warns law enforcement to be on the lookout for scary “caravans” of American citizens (extremists) traveling through the state to attend LaVoy’s funeral. To increase the fear of local officers, the fusion center report also claimed that some of those who were set to attend Finicum’s funeral had been seen in or near the Burns, Oregon wildlife refuge occupation.

“While no credible threats to law enforcement are present at this time, armed extremists are expected to travel through UT; some of which may see this event as a tipping point, and potentially shift toward more violent action,” warned the report. Remember, in reality, literally no one attending Finicum’s funeral had planned anything violent and, of course, nothing of the sort actually happened.

“Caravans of individuals traveling to the funeral services may be comprised of one or more armed extremists. Law enforcement should remain vigilant and aware that confrontation with these potentially volatile persons, may include more than one individual. These individuals may adhere to a sovereign citizen ideology, and may not recognize law enforcement as a legitimate authority,” it continued.

And in case you were assuming that the feds were maybe just worried about the few dozen (or less) people who went further than simply protesting the tyranny inflicted on the Hammonds (by actually occupying the wildlife refuge), you are mistaken because the fusion center warning specifically targets anyone who might have a Gadsden flag, an Oathkeepers patch, or even those who shared a meme protesting the shooting death of Finicum.

One has to ask themselves, are the police that are reading this kind of garbage from fusion centers across the country going to assume a completely law abiding citizen with a Gadsden flag in their car window is an anti-government terrorist and then treat them accordingly?