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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Sun May 22, 2016, 04:38 PM May 2016

Man says he's part of tribe (PA)

BY CBS 21 WEB STAFF
SATURDAY, MAY 21ST 2016

... Police in East Earl Township say they stopped Marcus Bawell for a traffic violation, but during the stop he refused to identify himself, and spouted off "sovereign citizen" ideology.

Bawell eventually provided homemade identification .. that claimed he was part of the "Tribe Bawell".

Bawell resisted arrest, but was taken into police custody ...


http://local21news.com/news/local/man-says-hes-part-of-tribe

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Man says he's part of tribe (PA) (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2016 OP
Should have asked for his passport whistler162 May 2016 #1
I guess Pennsylvania man was giving Florida man the weekend off? nt msanthrope May 2016 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #3
my view of the "sovereign citizens" Javaman May 2016 #4
I was born in East Earl Township! I guess that makes Marcus my homeboy. yellowcanine May 2016 #5
Hey, maybe you are a member of the tribe! kwassa May 2016 #6

Response to struggle4progress (Original post)

Javaman

(62,530 posts)
4. my view of the "sovereign citizens"
Mon May 23, 2016, 10:26 AM
May 2016

just a bunch of dolts with marginal thinking skills who don't have the life skills to exist in normal society. Instead they drift to the fringe of the population and fall in with the SC who exploit their stupidity and inability to function as even a marginal productive member of society.

aka a cult for stupidity. their motto should be, "we are trying to make willful ignorance a virtue"

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