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'Sovereign citizens' assault Port Everglades
South Florida Sun-Sentinal ^ | 8:07 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2013 | Robert Nolin

Posted on 09/06/2013 2:31:47 PM PDT by FreedomPoster

Amid the explosions, smoke, roaring vehicles and chattering gunfire of a terrorist attack Thursday afternoon at Port Everglades, one fact became chillingly clear:

These weren't foreign-born America-hating terrorists. These were native-born America-hating terrorists. And they were making things difficult for the good guys.

"They're moving, they're taking positions, they have superior firepower," said Sheriff's Deputy Richard Saito. "They're clearly very well-trained, very well-motivated."

Of course it wasn't a real terrorist attack, but rather a large-scale SWAT training exercise mounted by the Broward Sheriff's Office involving boats, bus, bombs and booby-trapped hostages.

"This is really a worst case scenario," said Saito, the SWAT team member who concocted the training storyline.

In Saito's plot, seven "sovereign citizens," or militia-styled revolutionaries who advocate the government's overthrow, assault the port by boat. Their goal: steal a shipment of arms and ammunition transiting through the facility.

(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: broward; militia; policestate; sovereigncitizens; tyranny
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Hmmmm. I wonder who in the Obama White House/DHS helped this Broward County Sheriff's Deputy come up with this scenario?

Of course, they can't point to any case remotely like this. But they sure want the DHS-funded armored truck.

1 posted on 09/06/2013 2:31:47 PM PDT by FreedomPoster
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To: Travis McGee; Jack Black; null and void; SLB; ATLDiver; Pan_Yan; Lazamataz

You’re going to love this.


2 posted on 09/06/2013 2:32:40 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: mojitojoe

Ping!


3 posted on 09/06/2013 2:34:21 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: FreedomPoster

These people are insane!


4 posted on 09/06/2013 2:35:26 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (It's time for a fundamental restoration, of our country's principles!)
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To: FreedomPoster

I wonder if I put “green” in my grant application for a surplus MRAP if the IRS will give it a pass.

“Green Solar Sovereign Sucka TZ”


5 posted on 09/06/2013 2:36:15 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: FreedomPoster; Travis McGee; null and void

Sweet Jaysus.

They’re actively using patriot groups as OFPOR.

DHS, DOJ ans SPLC all had a hand in the scenario.


6 posted on 09/06/2013 2:38:42 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
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To: TurboZamboni

Just say the MRAP is needed to test your hybrid version, that you intend to use to support your 501(c)4, itself intended to educate citizens about the benefits of Obamacare.


7 posted on 09/06/2013 2:39:02 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Runs on Ethanol and Algore farts.


8 posted on 09/06/2013 2:39:41 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: 1rudeboy

According to the DoD, we on FR are terrorists, along with NRA members, Oathkeepers, SAF, etc.


9 posted on 09/06/2013 2:40:27 PM PDT by rstrahan
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To: FreedomPoster

this is the constantly sued, crony contract giving, left wing democrat, citizen civil rights hating sherrif?


10 posted on 09/06/2013 2:47:12 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: FreedomPoster

If they’re not Amish, they’re probably Evangelical Christians or Tea Party Members or fanatics who believe in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.


11 posted on 09/06/2013 2:48:00 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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...seven "sovereign citizens," or militia-styled revolutionaries who advocate the government's overthrow...

IOW, Tea Party Patriots.

12 posted on 09/06/2013 3:18:05 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: longtermmemmory

Sounds about right for South Florida, but that’s just my impression from afar. Hopefully some locals can chime in on that. Can someone ping the FL forum to this thread?


13 posted on 09/06/2013 3:18:44 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster
careful what you wish for you doughnut munching swine you...
14 posted on 09/06/2013 3:19:19 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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"Uh, now we know that nothing like this has ever happened, but we're going demonize these fictional "Sovereigns" in case we ever need these guys to attack our own citizens..."

This is kind of like that movie "The Sum of All Fears" that came out shortly after 9/11 portraying a nuclear terrorist threat, but instead of middle easterners the bad guys were evil neo-apartheid South Africans. Pressure from CAIR was responsible for changing the plot of the book.

15 posted on 09/06/2013 3:19:32 PM PDT by Kenton
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Saito.

Wonder if he’s any relation to Horiuchi?


16 posted on 09/06/2013 3:29:02 PM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: FreedomPoster

“Sovereign Citizen” is an oxymoron.

The sovereign is the source of the law. He decides what law applies to him.

A “citizen” is a member of a political community. He voluntarily give allegiance to the community, and gets from it protection. The protection is in the form of the civil rights that the community recognizes.

As originally understood and framed by the US Constitution, there actually were “sovereign citizens”. I don’t know how true it is, but I recall (very fuzzily) my history teacher in HS saying that when the Constitution was adopted, people danced in the streets saying “Every man a King!!”.

But the 14th amendment changed that. It turned people from being “Citizens” to being “subjects”.

The law on this us very muddy and unclear. I’ve read many treatises on it, as well as a good portion of Black’s sixth edition, and Blackstones Commentaries.

Ultimately, it comes down to what kind of mood the judge is in that particular day, or whether or not the police officer that pulls you over had a fight with his wife recently...


17 posted on 09/06/2013 3:44:52 PM PDT by djf (Rich widows: My Bitcoin address is... 1ETDmR4GDjwmc9rUEQnfB1gAnk6WLmd3n6)
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To: FreedomPoster
You’re going to love this.

No. No I didn't.

18 posted on 09/06/2013 3:52:06 PM PDT by Pan_Yan (I love it when spell check highlights every single word.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Looks like the crazy man has lost the “plot.”


19 posted on 09/06/2013 3:54:38 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: FreedomPoster

They couldn’t pretend to fight Muslims or leftist guerilla forces because that would be realistic training


20 posted on 09/06/2013 4:04:43 PM PDT by GeronL
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