Sovereign Citizens: 60 Minutes Exposes ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Movement

According to Wikipedia, the “sovereign citizen movement” is a loose network of American litigants, commentators and financial scheme promoter who call themselves “sovereign citizens” and believe that they are answerable only to English common law and are not subject to any statutes or proceedings at the federal, state or municipal levels. Tonight they were the focus of an 60 Minutes exposé hosted by Byron Pitts.

Expect more media stories to follow in the coming days and weeks as “sovereign citizens” becomes a hot buzzword synonymous with angry and disenfranchised citizens who are portrayed in the following segment as open to violence towards politicians and policeman alike.

Watch the clip below, courtesy of CBS:

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