Sovereign citizen fears realized in Baton Rouge shooting

[struggle4progress]

CBS NEWS July 18, 2016, 9:46 AM

... Since 2011, the FBI has considered sovereign citizens "a growing domestic threat to law enforcement." In a bulletin, the agency wrote that they consider "sovereign-citizen extremists as comprising a domestic terrorist movement."+

Simply put, sovereign citizens believe themselves to be above the law of the land. Their reasons vary, but they don't believe they have to do things like pay taxes or respect law enforcement officials, because in their minds all governments are operating illegally.

The movement's most high-profile member to date has been Terry Nichols, the accomplice in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

According to the Kansas City Star, Baton Rouge shooter Long "declared himself a sovereign in records filed with the Jackson County recorder of deeds last year" ...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sovereign-citizen-movement-baton-rouge-police-shooting-ties/

[JonathanRackham]

1. The world is a mixed bag of nuts....................

[Gothmog]

2. The sovereign citizens group is a scary group

The ADL gave my firm a presentation on hate groups and these idiots scare the ADL

[Nitram]

3. Interesting.