Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

'Sovereign citizen’s' decision to represent himself lands him a new trial in state court

It started as a traffic stop for a broken tail light. Then the case of self-proclaimed sovereign citizen Michael Mattingly devolved into a series of delays, unusual filings and, eventually, a ...
Yahoo

The ‘sovereign citizens’ who reject the state – and turn to violence

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is a sovereign citizen? In the bush outside Porepunkah, a small town in Victoria, Australia, a manhunt is underway. The Mount ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Sovereign citizens range from ‘harmless cranks’ to violent extremists, researchers say

The sovereign citizen movement, according to a 2013 paper from the University of North Carolina School of Government, is a catch-all term encompassing several anti-government groups such as the ...
The Conversation

Why are police a target for sovereign citizen violence?

Keiran Hardy receives funding from the Australian Research Council for a Discovery Project on conspiracy-fuelled extremism. Kristina Murphy receives funding from The Australian Research Council to ...
The Conversation

The ‘sovereign citizen’ movement is growing. So is the risk of more violence

Josh Roose receives funding from The Australian Research Council, Australian Government Department of Home Affairs, and Victorian Government Department of Justice and Community Safety. Australia has ...