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Members of 'Rise of the Moors' sovereign citizen militia REFUSE to cooperate at arraignment and claim they are not subject to U.S. laws after 11 were arrested during armed standoff near Boston
2021-07-07
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Some of the 11 militiamen charged in armed standoff appeared in court Tuesday

  • One has refused to give his real name, saying only that he is a 'free Moor'

  • All refused to enter pleas or cooperate, saying they are not subject to US law

  • 'Rise of the Moors' group is part of the sovereign citizen movement

  • Members were arrested after fleeing from police into woods outside Boston

  • They face several charges including unlawful possession of a firearm

The group's purported leader Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer, 29, also known as Jamhal Talib Abdullah Bey, told the judge: 'I don't understand how these charges can be brought against me.'

Latimer, a former U.S. Marine from Providence, Rhode Island, waived his right to an attorney, but the judge said she would have a lawyer speak to him about his rights before the next hearing in the case.

Pleas of 'not guilty' were entered on behalf of all the defendants, who were held without bail pending a hearing Friday to determine whether they are dangerous.

The first to appear, Quinn Cumberlander, 40, of Pawtucket, told the judge he was a 'foreign national' who cannot face criminal charges, and said he did not want a defense attorney.

Cumberlander invoked his Second Amendment right to bear arms, said the case should be heard in federal court, and said he meant no harm.

'We didn't want to cause fear. I object to being held without bail. I am not a threat to society or anybody,' he said in court.

Cumberlander described his group as a 'well-regulated militia' and said he was not opposed to the law, according to WCVB-TV.

Another defendant, Robert Rodriguez, 21, of the Bronx, New York, asked that a fellow defendant serve as his attorney. The judge noted the man is not a licensed lawyer and declined the request.

Rodriguez also refused to be interviewed by the Probation Department, which is part of the process for setting bail.

'I was seen by a probation officer,' Rodriguez said. 'But I did not commit a crime.'

One defendant, who has refused to identify himself to authorities, told the judge only that he was a 'free Moor.'

The judge ruled he had waived right to counsel, then ordered him out of the courtroom to watch proceedings on Zoom because he kept interrupting her.

Those arrested Saturday were identified as Latimer; Cumberlander; Rodriguez; Wilfredo Hernandez, also known as Will Musa; Alban El Curraugh; Aaron Lamont Johnson, also known as Tarrif Sharif Bey; Lamar Dow; Conrad Pierre; a 17-year-old juvenile; and two who have refused to identify themselves, state police said.

They are from Rhode Island, New York and Michigan.

Related:
Rise of the Moors: 2021-07-04 11 ‘heavily armed' members of an extremist militia group arrested; media buries mention that they are Black
Rise of the Moors: 2021-07-03 Standoff Between Heavily Armed Men And Police Shuts Down Part Of I-95 In Wakefield
Posted by:Skidmark

#16  if*
Posted by: Chris   2021-07-07 23:38  

#15  TW, I'm from rural Georgia is you would like me to tell you what they mean.
Posted by: Chris   2021-07-07 23:37  

#14  A favorite line from a crime novel. A cop near retirement age who hasn't moved up in the department:"You know what they did? They put me on a shine murder. Now, who's gonna help me with that?"
Posted by: M. Murcek    2021-07-07 22:53  

#13  They are all obsolete words to describe black people, tw. Im being a literary wiseass.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2021-07-07 22:49  

#12  What do those words mean in this particular context, M?
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-07-07 22:38  

#11  Now that the word Moors is back in vogue, can I also say Shine, Smoke or Splib too?
Posted by: M. Murcek    2021-07-07 22:12  

#10  
To all S.NATION IDIOTS.
Break the law in the USA,
Get arrested in the USA,
Go to trial in the USA,
You will sit your A$$ in a USA prison.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-07-07 08:50  

#9  Their crimes aren't severe. They will end up getting time served and be back on the streets before the end of the year. These people, or some of them will be in the headlines again.
Posted by: Spoter B   2021-07-07 06:56  

#8  Took a trip down a rabbit hole, which may pertain to the "Rise of the Moors" :
Aborigine Moors of Amexem

Use of Tin foil Hats recommended
Posted by: Glerese Grundy1725   2021-07-07 02:37  

#7  #4 - not that it really matters in this case, but the BORs apply to all persons present in the US including foreign nationals.
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2021-07-07 02:34  

#6  In a perfect world, they wouldn't cost us a dime. GITMO is not cheap.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-07-07 00:59  

#5  In a perfect world, it would be Gitmo for all of them.
Posted by: Hupanter Angiter6497   2021-07-07 00:53  

#4  The dude's argument that he is a foreign nation AND he has a citizen's 2nd Amendment rights is a bit amusing.

Watch for this to quickly disappear from the news cycle since the perps are not the White Supremacists needed to sustain the Narrative.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-07-07 00:46  

#3  sovereign citizen is all you have to say
Posted by: Chris   2021-07-07 00:44  

#2  A white sovreign citizen - Lynda Lyon Block
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-07-07 00:06  

#1  Ship them to Gitmo, then.
Posted by: Raj   2021-07-07 00:04  

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