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Branch Davidian Stan…

The Branch Davidian standoff, in the late winter and spring of 1993 in Waco, Texas, was a violent confrontation between federal law enforcmeent agencies (the ATF and FBI) and members of the Branch Davidian religious sect. The... Read more

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Brent Johnson

Brent Johnson is a longtime figure in the anti-government movement, including the sovereign citizen movement. He has been host of the "American Sovereign" radio show and, with Lee Parker, director of Freedom Bound International, a "common law... Read more

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Bundy Ranch

The Bundy Ranch was the site of a large armed standoff between the federal government and extremist supporters of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy in 2014. The dispute began over Bundy's longstanding refusal to pay grazing fees for... Read more

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Charles Weisman

From the late 1980s, Charles Weisman ran Weisman Publications, a Minnesota-based publisher whose publications focused on Christian Identity theology and sovereign citizen doctrine. He died in 2016.

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Chuck Baldwin

Chuck Baldwin is a prominent figure in the anti-government extremist "Patriot" movement. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Baldwin has peddled conspiracy theories that government measures to combat the virus are a "pretext for civil tyranny," "phase two" (after... Read more

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Citizens’ grand jury…

Citizens' grand juries (also known as common law grand juries and people's grand juries) are sham juries created primarily by adherents of the sovereign citizen movement, who have a fondness for creating fictitious judicial and governmental entities... Read more

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Common law courts

"Common law courts" are bogus courts established by adherents of the sovereign citizen movement, who reject the legitimacy of actual courts. They are often used to render unenforceable judgments regarding genuine legal disputes and to issue phony... Read more

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Constitutional Sheri…

The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) is an anti-government extremist group founded in 2011 by former Arizona sheriff Richard Mack. The organization recruits sheriffs into the anti-government extremist "Patriot" movement, and claims the county sheriff... Read more

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Crusaders

Crusaders is a term used by Islamists to refer to any Western presence in the Middle East, though it is most often used to refer to the U.S. In addition, anti-Muslim extremists in the United States often... Read more

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David Wynn-Miller

David Wynn-Miller was an influential Wisconsin-based sovereign citizen activist who created (and used) a completely alternative grammar and syntax for the English language, which he claimed would allow people to master the judicial system and always prevail... Read more

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