Posted by:
Brother Of Jerry
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Date: November 17, 2023 02:13PM
There is very little new under the sun. The "Empty Quadrant" of America keeps spawning these types of movements. Bundy is just a cut-rate copy of the Montana Freemen from back in the 1990s. Incidentally, several of the people involved in that fiasco were from Utah, though they bailed out before people got arrested and sent to prison.
In the wikipedia article, note how many of the perps had their sentences extended because they continued their illegal activities from prison. Now that's chutzpah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana_FreemenIf you have a couple of hours, Montana PBS did a documentary about the rise of the Freemen that I think is worth that much of your time. They were part of the "sovereign citizen" movement, which is still around and kicking. A young man in Davis County, UT was shot and killed last year in a sovereign citizen confrontation with police, and just last week I saw a truck in SLC with a message painted on the tailgate in 5 inch letters "Not for hire. This vehicle is a private conveyance" or words to that effect.
The Sovereign Cit. folks think this makes them immune to having to license and register their vehicles. The truck did have current plates.
They also contend that if the flag in the courthouse has gold fringe, then the judge has no jurisdiction because the fringe makes the court an admiralty court, that only has jurisdiction in maritime cases. I kid you not.
https://www.montanapbs.org/programs/rise-of-the-freemen/Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/2023 02:14PM by Brother Of Jerry.