MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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[EXTREMISTS] How a Texas conspiracy theorist’s lies & unpaid tickets landed him in federal prison
By artappraiser on Sat, 09/10/2022 - 8:41pm |By Kevin Krause @ Dallas Morning News, Sept. 9
[....] Sovereign citizen ideology dates back to the 1970s when it was first dreamed up by white supremacists intent on defying the nation’s laws. And it doesn’t appear to be slowing down. In this era of rampant conspiracy mongering, sovereign citizens once dismissed as fringe actors have found a growing audience [....]
“We’re in a strange period where you’re seeing a lot of crossover with some of these extreme ideologies,” said Freddy Cruz, a research analyst with the Southern Poverty Law Center who specializes in anti-government extremism. “You have people becoming more and more radicalized.”
Now, Black Americans like [Jonathan] Reynolds are increasingly adopting sovereign principles to air grievances against the government and law enforcement. The Anti-Defamation League reports the movement’s biggest gains have occurred among Black Americans, some of whom identify as Moorish sovereign citizens, or Moors, who insist they were America’s first inhabitants.
Cruz said the movement’s tenets provide “simple solutions to harsh realities.” [....] But it’s also “sucking people into this world of conspiracy theories and falsehoods,” he said. Groups that track extremism, such as the ADL and SPLC, say they have noticed an increase in sovereign citizen activity. Estimates put their numbers between 300,000 and 500,000. But the movement has no leadership hierarchy or organizational structure, and official statistics are unavailable and possibly unattainable.
The Department of Homeland Security referred questions about sovereign citizens to the FBI. The FBI said in a written statement that it does not track adherents or open investigations “based solely on protected First Amendment activity.” “We focus on individuals who commit or intend to commit violence and criminal activity that constitutes a federal crime or poses a threat to national security,” the statement said. “We do not investigate ideology. The FBI investigates only when someone crosses the line from expressing beliefs to violating federal law.” [....]
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another anti-Federal gummint story:
by artappraiser on Sat, 09/10/2022 - 8:51pm
and another:
is a long thread, compiled here
I see lots of alarm from libertarian types, concern to straight-out bitching, such as these two
by artappraiser on Sat, 09/10/2022 - 9:05pm
He was also recently formally kicked out of two churches and told to get psychological help.
How come the headline doesn't say Cop Saves Democrats' Lives?
by artappraiser on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 11:25am
Local TV report on the Dairy Queen clown supporting President King Trump:
by artappraiser on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 11:53am
edit to add:
by artappraiser on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 11:45am
by artappraiser on Thu, 09/15/2022 - 7:35pm
by artappraiser on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 11:40am
by artappraiser on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 11:47am
by artappraiser on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 11:48am
by artappraiser on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 12:58pm
DOH!
by artappraiser on Fri, 09/16/2022 - 5:59am
by artappraiser on Sat, 09/17/2022 - 12:37pm
But to some the real pigs are the guys wearing brown shirts in the above photo? We don't need them? Social workers can handle this?
by artappraiser on Sat, 09/24/2022 - 1:20am
She also retweeted this
by artappraiser on Sat, 09/24/2022 - 1:40am