‘Sovereign citizen’ movement now on FBI’s radar: The Homeland Security Department has ranked the movement as a major threat. Its members reject the law, and some kill police.
According to court papers, Rice was involved in the “sovereign citizen” movement, a group that has attracted little national media attention but which the FBI classifies as an “extremist antigovernment group.” So-called sovereign citizens argue that they are not subject to local, state or federal laws, and some refuse to recognize the authority of courts or police.
Photo: Bob Paudert, then chief of the West Memphis police force, is comforted by an officer after his son was killed while making a routine traffic stop in 2010. The shootout that ensued involved a member of the sovereign citizens movement. Credit: Mike Brown / The Commercial Appeal
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
