Although these people don't believe they should obey the law or pay taxes, etc. they believe that their families deserve to be educated, that their streets should be paved, that their house fires should be put out and many other amenities that those taxes pay for.
But, don't tell them they're wrong because wrestling with a boar only gets you sweaty and the boar enjoys it. Besides, if these people actually believed everything the say they do (not just the convenient parts), they'd be living with the Native Americans on their reservations where they get minimal support from the government. Although, suffice it to say that they'd be checking their mailboxes every month for that check. You betcha!
With ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Movement Growing, New SPLC Video Promotes Law Enforcement Safety
The so-called “sovereign citizens” movement — men and women who believe they are exempt from most state and federal laws, regulations and tax codes — is spreading like a prairie fire. While many of these are tax resistors or perpetrators of “paper terrorism” – the filing of nuisance liens and such – some sovereign citizens have demonstrated a willingness to resist police and government authority with violence.
The unique danger posed by this movement exploded May 20 when two West Memphis, Ark., police officers met a father-son team of sovereigns, Jerry and Joe Kane, during a routine late-morning traffic stop. As officers Brandon Paudert and Bill Evans puzzled over the incomprehensible paperwork presented by father Jerry, son Joe, 16, emerged from the vehicle with his AK-47 blazing and fatally shot both officers. The Kanes fled, but were tracked and killed in a shootout with police an hour later in a Wal-Mart parking lot after wounding two more officers.
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