Dirty Civilian, a preparedness influencer channel that espouses antigovernment beliefs, created a recent video that includes the fictional killing of U.N. peacekeeping soldiers

Dirty Civilian’s mission, according to hosts Drew Hopkins and Josh Lowry, is to “inform and inspire capable men to build strong families and resilient communities.” The language closely mirrors that of similar antigovernment groups that operate under the guise of disaster preparedness. The Tennessee-based group has over half a million subscribers on YouTube, and it maintains a presence on X.com, Instagram and Patreon — where it earns at least $1,850 per month via subscriptions

On Jan. 4, Dirty Civilian published a video on YouTube. It begins with a 90-second segment depicting what appears to be a scenario where part of the U.S. is under U.N. occupation. The segment follows a militia sniper team behind enemy lines that is surveilling two U.N. peacekeeping soldiers transporting a prisoner of war. After identifying the peacekeepers, the sniper team, portrayed by the channel’s two hosts, opens fire, killing them. The sniper kills one soldier immediately, hitting him in the head, and soon fires a second time at an injured soldier crawling on the ground after being hit[…]
On X.com, Dirty Civilian posted a six-second clip showing the rifle scope view of shooting the peacekeepers. The clip was also shared on Instagram, where it was accompanied by a violence content warning by the platform. A separate promotional post showed a U.N. helmet lying on the ground splattered with blood with the caption, “It’s going to be a great year…”[…]
The sniper video was met with a largely positive response[…]Reactions to the video, which has garnered over 275,000 views as of Jan. 27, have been largely celebratory. One comment read, “I wonder how many lists these guys are in [sic] now…,” alluding to the clip and channel hosts. Dirty Civilian responded to the comment, “If you own a gun, you’re already on a list”