Rise of the Moors

[jeanne]

I had never heard of this organization before, but after this weekend I have! This all happened in northeastern Massachusetts. In the very early hours of Saturday morning, police on the interstate highway came upon two vehicles pulled over to the side of the road with their hazard lights flashing and some men refueling. Thinking they could be of assistance to them, the police stopped, and this is what they encountered: eleven men dressed in military gear and heavily armed.

The men claimed to be members of "Rise of the Moors," a group, they said, who do not recognize the laws of the United States, so are not bound to obey them. They said they were traveling to rural Maine for "training."
Since they were obviously breaking the gun laws of the state of Massachusetts, the police attempted to arrest the men, who at that point took off into the woods. Since there were residential neighborhoods nearby, the police put out an order for residents to shelter in place for what turned out to be nine hours of negotiation between the police and the offenders.

The men were eventually arrested and appeared in court today.

Here's some further information about the incident:

www.necn.com/news/local/rise-of-the-moors-suspects-arrested-in-armed-highway-standoff-due-in-court-tuesday/2498466/

[jeanne]

The saga continues:

www.yahoo.com/news/rise-moors-mystery-separatist-group-110000915.html

[Bonobo]

Jul 7, 2021 0:10:25 GMT 1 jeanne said:

The men claimed to be members of "Rise of the Moors," a group, they said, who do not recognize the laws of the United States, so are not bound to obey them.

People or even our ancient ancestors like hominids decided to live together in groups, communes, communities, societies and nations in order to survive and then develop a better quality of life. Laws were introduced to enhance this quality. Anybody who openly proclaims disregard for their democratic country`s laws breaches the group`s norms and endangers its welfare so they should be considered outlaws and dealt with as ones.

[jeanne]

Jan 5, 2022 17:46:37 GMT 1 Bonobo said:

People or even our ancient ancestors like hominids decided to live together in groups, communes, communities, societies and nations in order to survive and then develop a better quality of life. Laws were introduced to enhance this quality. Anybody who openly proclaims disregard for their democratic country`s laws breaches the group`s norms and endangers its welfare so they should be considered outlaws and dealt with as ones.

And they were dealt with so. Except I never heard anymore about them, so I don't know the final outcome. Maybe I'll try to research it and report what I find.