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NewsApril 29, 2024

Florida Deputies Wounded in Shootout with Sovereign Citizen, Sheriff Says

"It was a gunfight. There were 38 shots fired. We hit the suspect eight times, and he was immediately deceased," Sheriff Grady Judd stated.

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NewsSeptember 14, 2023

UT Officers Justified in Fatally Shooting Suspected Sovereign Citizen During Traffic Stop

The suspect was stopped for having a fake license plate, a common practice among sovereign citizens. The way he reacted to the stop—refusing to cooperate with the officer and saying the officer had no authority over him—is also common behavior for soverei

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Articlesby Kory FlowersNovember 25, 2021

Police and the Moors

African-American sovereign citizens who call themselves “Moors” can present challenges—and danger—to law enforcement officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 14, 2021

MA Officers Used LRAD to End Standoff with Rise of Moors

SWAT teams used a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) to disable the defendants to end the July 3 Wakefield standoff.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 5, 2021

Armed "Sovereign" Group Surrenders to Massachusetts Police After Highway Standoff Over Firearms Registration

The occupants of the vehicle were dressed in military-style tactical gear. Some had rifles, others pistols, according to reports. Additional police were called in to assist the first officer when his requests for documentation were not met, including weapon registrations.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 9, 2018

Woman Tried to Shoot MN Trooper in the Head, Court Documents Say

A driver who was wounded in an officer-involved shooting Monday on Interstate 94 tried to shoot a Minnesota State Patrol trooper in the head before being shot herself in the arm, according to court documents.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 15, 2017

'Sovereign Citizen' Takes Bite Out of TN Officer's Thumb

A separatist calling himself a "sovereign Hebrew Israelite citizen" bit off the end of a Knoxville (TN) Police Department officer's thumb during a fight on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 19, 2016

Baton Rouge Police Killer was Sovereign Citizen

Court documents in Kansas City show Long, who changed his name to Cosmo Ausar Setepenra, claimed his nationality as United Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah Mu'ur. The Washitaw, sometimes spelled Washitah, believe their ancestors were original inhabitants of the New World, who they say were black Africans.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 11, 2016

Standoff Ends at Oregon Wildlife Refuge, Suspects Surrender to FBI

Agents "moved to contain" the holdouts Wednesday night after one allegedly drove outside previously-established barricades and then back in at high speed when approached by the FBI, the bureau said in a statement.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 9, 2015

Canadian Officer Shot and Killed Serving Warrant

A 35-year-old Edmonton (Alberta) Police Service officer in the hate crimes unit was shot to death in a southwest Edmonton suburb on Monday night, in an act city Police Chief Rod Knecht described as “a tragedy of unspeakable proportions.” A second officer was injured, but is expected to make a full recovery.

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