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Roeder Called Himself “Citizen Of The Republic Of Kansas”

Yet more details about the extremist background of Scott Roeder, the suspect in the George Tiller murder.

USA Today reports that Roeder “called himself a citizen of the Republic of Kansas who didn’t want to pay income or Social Security taxes or register his car.”

And it adds the name of another right-wing group to which Roeder at one time belonged: “One Supreme Court.” According to a source who tracked militia organizations, the group claimed its members were “sovereign citizens” not subject to federal and state laws.

It had already been reported that Roeder had been a member of Freemen, a right-wing militia group which espoused a similar ideology.

Right-wing extremism, Scott Roeder

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