FEMA workers threatened in Carter County [Video]

CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — There were some tense moments on Saturday when volunteers say they witnessed an armed group of people on side-by-sides confronting and threatening FEMA workers in the Elk Mills community of Carter County.

Tracy Elder is president and founder of the International Alliance of Community Chaplains. Her group has been working in disaster relief for more than 20 years.

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They are in Carter County at the request of the Elk Mills Volunteer Fire Department to help run the command center there, providing supplies and resources for those in need. Elder told News Channel 11 that she found herself between FEMA workers and a group of armed citizens criticizing the work of the government agency. Elder was able to diffuse the situation.

“They were all armed, open carry not guns drawn, but they had surrounded …