1/2 Armed man arrested near #Trump’s #California rally was plotting to kill him, police say
“He holds a UCLA master’s degree, and in 2022 ran for Nevada state assembly. Bianco said Miller considers himself a so-called sovereign citizen, a group of people who do not believe they are subject to any government statutes unless they consent to them.”
2/ "The sovereign citizen movement (also SovCit movement or SovCits)[1] is a loose group of anti-government activists, litigants, tax protesters, financial scammers, and conspiracy theorists based mainly in the US...
The movement can be traced back to far-right groups such as Posse Comitatus and the constitutionalist wing of militia movement...originally assoc w white supremacism & antisemitism, now attracts people of various ethnicities..."
@Dodo_sipping @GottaLaff Yes. The same here in the USA. I assure you that none of our January 6th insurrectionists sitting in prison think they did anything wrong. They feel they are unjustly incarcerated and will learn nothing from their experience. Why? They don't recognize the legitimacy of the current government or its laws.
@BobLefridge @Dodo_sipping @GottaLaff Came across this post again and wanted to mention that like "living dead" or "militant pacifist", "sovereign citizen" is an oxymoron. It makes me laugh. There is no such thing.
The definition of a citizen is a person who, in exchange for certain rights and privileges, owes their loyalty to the state. You could call yourself a sovereign resident but not a sovereign citizen.
Tell that to the SovCits.
@BobLefridge @Dodo_sipping @GottaLaff It would make no difference. They'd argue the dictionary definition is wrong.
"I know what I know, man!"
@shuttersparks @Dodo_sipping @GottaLaff
It's the same in New Zealand and their numbers increased since the Covid lockdowns. SovCits regularly appear in our courts for refusing to pay land taxes, or not registering their vehicles or not having a driving license and all manner of nonsense. And in court, they lose every time.
Every. Single. Time.
They never learn.