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July 6, 2021

11 Heavily Armed Men with "Rise of the Moors" Militia Group Arrested in Massachusetts
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In Massachusetts, police arrested 11 heavily armed men following a
nine-hour standoff that closed parts of Interstate 95 on Saturday
morning. Police first noticed a group of men in military-style gear as
they refueled their vehicles with gas on the side of the highway. The
men refused to put down their assault rifles or to identify themselves
to officers. They were later identified as members of a group calling
itself the "Rise of the Moors" - described by the Southern Poverty Law
Center as an African American "sovereign citizen movement" with a
history of violent confrontations with law enforcement. A local
prosecutor said the men were on their way to Maine from Rhode Island for
"training."


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