There is more news about sovereigns now seemingly more than ever. Here is a round up of the day so far:
Sovereign citizen Moor convicted of murder of Sharmine Pack, 34-year old body shop owner https://t.co/zbxStbOkG5
— Dr. Christine Sarteschi, PhD, LCSW (@DrSarteschi) February 18, 2022
News about Stewart Rhodes and his connection to sovereigns
Some *big* red flags in the Stewart Rhodes' detention hearings.
1) The defense says Stewart can stay with his cousins Kyla & Ben pending trial.
2) Kyla & Ben have two homes on the property. They live in one and her parents live in the other. Rhodes would stay with her parents.
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) February 18, 2022
The flawed logic behind the sovereign citizen movement (Australian perspective)
Meanwhile Pat King is telling truckers the OPS has said they will let truckers leave. He recommends taking their white shirts or underwear off to hold a white flag because the cops "cannot touch you if you are holding a white flag. That is international law." pic.twitter.com/3sbQCxK18W
— Althia Raj (@althiaraj) February 18, 2022
Judge is setting July 5, 2022 trial date in unique Capitol breach case of Pauline Bauer
Bauer faces lower-level charges, but is serving pretrial detention due to outbursts, violations of court orders…while serving as own defense lawyer
(She's used sovereign citizen language) pic.twitter.com/gJnIsR6UWg
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) February 18, 2022
Aaron Walton, who has been ordered by a court to pay £20k in fines for keeping his tattoo parlour in Bristol open during lockdown citing Magna Carta, captures some of the wild conspiracy theories British sovereign citizens believe in. pic.twitter.com/VtsQqzwZbl
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) February 18, 2022
The rapid spread of sovereign citizen theories among anti-vaxxers and Covid conspiracists is one of the biggest issues in the disinfo/extremism world right now. The pace of its spread across territories and languages is both confounding and alarming.
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) February 17, 2022
The International Blueprint for Anti-Government Extremism and the Rise of the Sovereign Citizen Movements (good article by Australian researcher)
Magic words won’t save the convoy, but the Emergencies Act should be challenged anyway