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The Most Dangerous Group: The Sovereign Citizens

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Lastly, the Sovereign Citizens may be the most dangerous group among the three. This particular group believes that the government abuses their power and thus, they believe they are not bound by statutory law. The reason they are so dangerous is that they choose which laws they want to obey and which ones they want to ignore. There was an incident in May 2010 where two police officers were murdered after pulling over a father and son on the interstate (Sovereign Citizens). According to the Sovereign Citizens Movement, the movement is rooted in racism and even though many are of African descendant, they are unaware of the history of the group. At first, the group attracted white supremacist because the group developed due to people seeing Jews

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