What to know about Rise of the Moors, an armed group that says it's not subject to U.S. law

[reACTIONary]

Washington Post, July 4, 2021 at 1:07 a.m. EDT

Eleven people have been arrested and are expected to appear in court next week to face firearms charges. They have been identified as members of Rise of the Moors, a “Moorish sovereign citizens” group whose adherents say they are part of their own sovereign nation and therefore are not subject to any U.S. law.

According to the group’s website, Rise of the Moors is based in Pawtucket, R.I., and is one of 25 active anti-government sovereign-citizen groups identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2020. While the number of Rise of the Moors members is unclear, the group’s Facebook page had more than 1,000 followers Saturday. On Instagram, it had more than 5,000 followers, and the group’s YouTube channel had more than a million views...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/04/moorish-sovereignty-rise-of-the-moors/

[pwb]

1. So they are a micro minority

of followers of freaks? Not scared.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. If they are a sovereign nation

Do they have their own government that collects taxes for services we all need and use? Courts, military, Representatives, etc.?

One cannot say they are sovereign, yet enjoy all the perks of American citizenship. It is hypocritical.

[Turbineguy]

3. As if RWNJ militias are looking for

more justification.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. The members that I saw...

... didn't look like typical Moors/Berbers to me, the majority of whom still match ancient DNA of that region despite later influx from the Middle East, Iberia, sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_history_of_North_Africa

These kinds of groups will likely keep springing up as wealth inequality keeps worsening due to poor government oversight, mostly thanks to Republicans, and more people seek their own means of securing a bigger share of it.