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‘Sovereign Citizen’ Leader Jailed After Skipping Court Date

Las Vegas Sun

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July 21, 2009

FBI agents arrested anti-government extremist Shawn Rice in a small Arizona town after he failed to appear at a June 22 hearing in his federal money-laundering case in Las Vegas.
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  1. Mark said,

    on July 30th, 2009 at 10:50 am

    So what has this got to do with racism??

    Slow news day SPLC?

  2. Marisa said,

    on July 30th, 2009 at 11:24 am

    Rice – another NUT….good-bye, Shawn.

  3. Shadow Wolf said,

    on July 30th, 2009 at 11:55 am

    The way these racist hicks use the term–”sovereign” in inconjunction with “citizen” is quite meaningless and irrelevent. Law abiding U.S. citizens are private folks and there is nothing remotely “sovereign” about it.
    What would be a “soveriegn” example inside the U.S. is the First Nations(federally recognized tribes). Unlike these vigilante groups, there is no functioning central government to be deemed “sovereign” by its true defination.

    Instead, they should just stick with the “minutemen” moniker.

  4. Allen said,

    on July 30th, 2009 at 2:32 pm

    Mark, SPLC is not just concerned with racism, it is concerned with HATE CRIME. Anti-government extremists HATE our government, HATE that we citizens are able to elect our own representative government, and want to destroy that ability by committing HATE crimes.

  5. Carolyn Wagner said,

    on August 1st, 2009 at 11:28 am

    Well stated Allen!

  6. Shawn said,

    on August 30th, 2009 at 12:31 pm

    Hate crimes? Is there such a thing as a love crime? all crimes stem from hate. the current “hate Crime” issue is absurd. If I am attacked by another person from a different race, it would not be considered a hate crime since I am white. But if I attack a black man,. I will be charged with a hate crime. Such absurd nonsense.

    the majority of Americans have no idea of how our government was established. We were not established as a democracy, rather as a republic. Read accurate history books and stop trusting the government. They don’t give a rats ass about you or your family. Nor is it the job of the government. Wake up Americans, before you wake up one day and there’s someone at your door ready to take away your rights, your liberty, and possibly your life.

  7. Junior said,

    on September 2nd, 2009 at 11:04 pm

    Are you guys serious? You guys are bashing and condemning this man for being a sovereign citizen when you dont even know what that means. He doesn’t HATE our form of government, he just HATES the fact that our government abuses its power and is no longer serving the constitution it is supposed to uphold. Before you start bashing on somebody get rightfully informed, you ignorant sheep.

  8. Earl said,

    on July 4th, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    It is interesting to note theat everyone seems to have an opion but doesn’t understand what really happens in this country. A good place to begin is to read the Treaty of Peace in 1783, they ask yourself; Why were English Troops allowed to remain on American Soil until 1787 and Why were English Troops able to retain their arms , and Why were the Victorious Colonies required to pay 80,000 peices of Silver to England? Make you wonder who won the war
    !Earl

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