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24. ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Killed in Altercation with Police in Arizona (June 2011)

Posted in Sovereign Citizens by Leah Nelson on June 22, 2011

An antigovernment “sovereign citizen” who was shot dead Sunday night by police in Arizona appears to have been involved with a major sovereign group called the Republic for the united States of America (RuSA).

William Foust, 50, of Page, Ariz., was shot by Officer Shawn Wilson during a fight in which Foust allegedly attempted to wrest Wilson’s Taser from him, the Arizona Daily Sun reported yesterday.

The officer was responding to a domestic violence call at B & T Marine, a boat rental business owned by Foust and his wife. Foust fled the scene before police arrived but returned to carry on a “heated argument” with the female victim. He was “upset, loud, and confrontational with the officer,” the Cononino County Sheriff’s Office told reporters.

Foust, described by the Sun as a “well-known Page businessman,” was also a well-known sovereign citizen whose hostile reaction to a speeding ticket landed him in jail in December on contempt charges. In typical sovereign fashion, Foust dragged his feet on the ticket for months – clogging the court with a jumble of meaningless papers, refusing to acknowledge the judge’s authority or tell the judge his date of birth, and failing to appear at a scheduled hearing. Sovereigns typically believe they are not subject to the laws of the United States ...

http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/06/22/sovereign-citizen-killed-in-altercation-with-police-in-arizona/