In the Rocky Mountains of the United States, Colorado authorities took a threat from a white supremacist prison gang so seriously that a judge spent several weeks in hiding.

El Paso County Judge Jonathan Walker had signed several search warrants against members of the “211 Crew”.  Shortly thereafter came word from the prison underworld that the 211 Crew leaders wanted him killed.

Walker took a leave of absence earlier this month, after “criminal sources” warned cops that 211 Crew leaders wanted him killed.  Walker moved out of his house, bought a .380-caliber handgun, began wearing a bulletproof vest, and was placed under police protection.

This gang is no stranger to violence.  A 211 Crew member named Evan Ebel was suspected in the March killing of Colorado Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements, posing as a pizza man (who he had earlier murdered) to get access to the officials front door.  A few days after that, Ebel was gunned down by sheriff’s deputies in Texas after a high-speed chase that resulted in his car crashing.

From the evils of the Ku Klux Klan to Ruby Ridge to Waco to Oklahoma City, America has seen no shortage of right wing terrorism.  In 2009, a report from a counter-terrorism unit at the Department of Homeland Security warned of a coming wave of right wing violence.