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Apr 29, 2024 · What is a sovereign citizen? A look at antigovernment belief that has led to violence Kyran Caples, 26, was identified as a ‘Moorish sovereign citizen’ by investigators
Sep 24, 2020 · Studies concerning the sovereign citizen movement thus far have largely focused on legal matters, mental health, radicalization, and postdiction of targeted violence. Emerging evidence suggests that most sovereign citizens are not delusional or mentally ill.
- Christine M. Sarteschi
- 2021
Sep 1, 2011 · As sovereign citizens’ numbers grow, so do the chances of contact with law enforcement and, thus, the risks that incidents will end in violence. Law enforcement and judicial officials must...
Jul 5, 2021 · Filed under: The Biden-Harris administration recently recognized “anti-government violent extremists… as being one of the most lethal elements of today’s domestic terrorism threat.” Sovereign citizens are individuals who are recognized as being anti-government extremists.
As of the 1990s, several hundred people involved in "common law courts" operated by sovereign citizens or, more broadly, by the Patriot movement have been arrested for crimes such as fraud, impersonating police, intimidating or threatening officials, and in some cases, outright violence.
Aug 5, 2020 · 5 August 2020. By Max Matza,BBC News, Washington. Getty Images. A 2018 mass shooting at a Tennessee restaurant was committed by a mentally unstable believer. A growing movement of people who...
Apr 23, 2018 · Features and Stories. What you should know about 'sovereign citizens' April 23, 2018. The strange subculture of the "sovereign citizens" movement has been growing at a fast pace since the late 2000s. Sovereigns hold truly bizarre, complex, antigovernment beliefs that are rooted in racism and anti-Semitism.
