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struggle4progress

(118,319 posts)
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 04:26 PM Aug 2016

After being arrested, man says courts have no power over him (WY)

POSTED: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 4:30 AM
By Emily Mieure

On July 25 a Teton County sheriff’s deputy pulled over a vehicle for having a fake license plate. The deputy wrote three citations when she realized the driver, Bradly Watsabaugh, wasn’t licensed and his vehicle wasn’t registered or insured.

“Watsabaugh was arrested after refusing to accept citations, and he was booked and appeared in court,” said Lt. Tom Combs, Teton County Sheriff’s Office ...

Body camera video from the arrest shows Watsabaugh refusing citations from the arresting deputy. He asked the deputy to write her name and Social Security number on documents he was holding. She refused and took him to jail.
Later that day Watsabaugh appeared before 9th Circuit Judge James Radda and was presented with the charges ...

Watsabaugh claimed to be a free man and not under government jurisdiction, having removed himself from “the system” ...


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After being arrested, man says courts have no power over him (WY) (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2016 OP
Pshaw! More sovereign citizen rubbish. longship Aug 2016 #1
He's in for a very big surprise. Warpy Aug 2016 #2
Another idiot of the legal system. NuclearDem Aug 2016 #3
Why would you wish something like that on them. duncang Aug 2016 #4
...in which case, why did he need a "fake license plate"? brooklynite Aug 2016 #5
Why was he driving on "our" roads? packman Aug 2016 #6
Removing yourself from the system - ur doing it wrong. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2016 #7

duncang

(1,907 posts)
4. Why would you wish something like that on them.
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 04:35 PM
Aug 2016

They have enough problems as is.


Edit supposed to be in response to post # 2 about he should have gone to somalia.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,331 posts)
7. Removing yourself from the system - ur doing it wrong.
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 04:59 PM
Aug 2016

I know we can't expect logic from these nit wits... When I visit a foreign country I still have to abide by their laws.

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