(Richard Mack + Joe Arpaio) × (Posse Commitatus + Oath Keepers) = Domestic Terrorists + Sovereign Citizens + Winston Shrout?

in #posse3 years ago

"Former sheriff Richard Mack is on a mission to resurrect the Posse Comitatus and recruit local law enforcement to his cause. Part of fulfilling that mission involves his organization, the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA)"
https://www.irehr.org/2021/07/07/texas-sheriffs-departments-and-cspoa/

"Richard Mack, who along with Joe Arpaio founded the Constitutional Sheriffs Association, is one of the founders of the Oath Keepers, a group focusing on police and military personnel which, though it may occasionally reflect slivers of militia ideology, advocates that members lay down arms and nonviolently refuse to comply with orders they view as unconstitutional"
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Constitutional_Sheriffs_and_Peace_Officers_Association

"To quote modern Posse loudmouth Richard Mack, who runs the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) and has close ties to the NRA, “The county sheriff is the line in the sand. The county sheriff is the one who can say to the feds, ‘Beyond these bounds you shall not pass.’ This is not only within the scope of the sheriff’s authority; it’s the sheriff’s sworn duty.”"
https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2013/0228-posse-comitatus-gun-control/

"The Oath Keepers, which claims tens of thousands of present and former law enforcement officials and military veterans as members, is one of the largest radical antigovernment groups in the U.S. today."

"The Oath Keepers was formed in 2009 by Yale Law School graduate and former U.S. Army paratrooper Stewart Rhodes in the direct aftermath of the election of the nation’s first black president."
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/oath-keepers

"The ideas of the "sovereign citizens" movement originate in the ideology of the Posse Comitatus"
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/what-sovereign-citizen

"Sovereign Citizens believe that the County Sheriff is the most powerful law-enforcement officer in the country, with authority superior to that of any federal agent, elected official or local law-enforcement official."
https://court.rchp.com/representing-yourself-in-court/bogus-legal-theory-of-sovereign-citizen/

"He’s a graduate of the FBI National Academy who preaches that county sheriffs are the highest legitimate law enforcement officials in the land."
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2012/former-arizona-sheriff-richard-mack-seeks-%E2%80%98army%E2%80%99-sheriffs-resist-federal-authority

"Mack’s CSPOA promotes the idea, popular among anti-government groups, that county sheriffs are the highest-ranking law enforcement officers in their areas"
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/constitutional-sheriff-richard-mack-announces-run-for-congress/

Sovereign Citizens

"A Growing Domestic Threat to Law Enforcement"
https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/sovereign-citizens-a-growing-domestic-threat-to-law-enforcement

Winston Shrout, One of America's Most High-Profile 'Sovereign Citizens
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/04/23/winston-shrout-one-americas-most-high-profile-sovereign-citizens-fugitive

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