Police teach tactics for handling "sovereign citizens"

[Os Cangaceiros]

Sometimes it's not enough just to pay attention to the wingnuts on the radical left. Sometimes I enjoy turning my attention right-ward, and read about the wingnuts over there:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-sovereigns-20130406,0,3800088.story

[TheGodlessUtopian]

"Domestic Terrorist Movement": anything which doesn't bend over backwards and serve in totality to the bourgeois state. That link was like reading something out of The Onion only more sad since it was real.

[bcbm]

left wingnuts talk about killing cops, right wingnuts do it.

over traffic stops.

[Crixus]

"To them, a police officer is just a man in a Halloween costume," Finch said. He goes on to say they commit "paper terrorism" by sending in fake money to pay for taxes and by filing false liens on bank owned properties. These guys are right wing and all messed up as far as system analysis but to label them a domestic terrorist organization? The root problem here is they don't understand capitalism but are directly challenging the legitimacy of the state. I talk to these sorts of people on youtube all the time and all I can say is fuck'm.

[Red Commissar]

For future reference, the equivalent term for "wingnut" when referring to the left seems to be moonbat.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Yeah, I've kind of always liked the term "wingnut" though. It just has an endearing sound to it.

[Rugged Collectivist]

Even nonviolent sovereigns can cause headaches through what Finch calls "paper terrorism." Some squat in foreclosed homes and file phony deeds claiming ownership, "paying" with photos of silver dollars. Sovereigns believe U.S. currency has no value but recognize precious metals as valid currency.

"Paper terrorism" are you fucking kidding me? This finch guy is the biggest ass ever.

I'm glad I read that shit article though, if only for the poll. 91% of the participants said that the FBI was wrong to call these people terrorists. That means 91% of the people who read it have some sense.

[Os Cangaceiros]

It's like direct action/sabotage for the hardcore anti-tax people:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_terrorism

[bcbm]

that sounds kind of awesome actually

[La Guaneña]

After the "2 in the pink, 1 in the stink" airport regulations for soverign citizens here comes "2 in the chest, 1 in the head" for the streets. I can't wait.

[Os Cangaceiros]

After the "2 in the pink, 1 in the stink" airport regulations for soverign citizens here comes "2 in the chest, 1 in the head" for the streets. I can't wait.

:confused:

[Sasha]

:confused:

Just google that :lol:

(he used the crude slang term for an certain sex act to describe invasive bodysearch by the TSA etc)

[Os Cangaceiros]

No, I get that part of it. It's the rest of the sentence that I don't really get.

[Sasha]

2 in the chest 1 in the head is a expression for a shoot to kill order.

[Os Cangaceiros]

No, no, I even know what that means. It's just the entire sentence that mystifies me. For one, how is the TSA relevant in all this, and what relationship do they have with "sovereign citizens", and two, how did anyone get the impression that the police were given specific orders "shoot to kill!" whenever they encountered a "sovereign citizen"... (I assume he was referring to the police policy by "the streets")?

[La Guaneña]

No, no, I even know what that means. It's just the entire sentence that mystifies me. For one, how is the TSA relevant in all this, and what relationship do they have with "sovereign citizens", and two, how did anyone get the impression that the police were given specific orders "shoot to kill!" whenever they encountered a "sovereign citizen"... (I assume he was referring to the police policy by "the streets")?

Shit, now that I actually read the article I feel dumb...

I thought that it was about the police learning tactics for dealing with US citizens in general, and just make a dumb joke on how they do it now in airports and the streets.