{"id":72016,"date":"2021-07-03T12:17:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T16:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=72016"},"modified":"2021-07-03T12:17:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T16:17:58","slug":"wtf-and-this-happened-on-4th-of-july-holiday-weekend-no-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=72016","title":{"rendered":"WTF ! ! ! And this happened on 4th of July Holiday Weekend no less!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Heavily Armed &#8220;Rise Of The Moors&#8221; Members In Standoff With Massachusetts Police On I-95<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__2clki NodeBody_container__1M6aJ\">\n<p>A group of heavily armed men, known as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.riseofthemoors.org\/\">&#8220;Rise of the Moors,&#8221;\u00a0<\/a>in full combat gear, have prompted police Saturday morning north of Boston to shut down a stretch of Interstate 95.<\/p>\n<p>The standoff began around 0200 ET when police pulled over two cars on I-95 between Lynnfield and Stoneham. About eight to 10 men were dressed in combat gear armed to the teeth with long guns and pistols, Massachusetts State Police Col. Christopher Mason said.<\/p>\n<p>Mason said when the men refused to put their weapons down or comply with authorities&#8217; orders, they said the group &#8220;does not recognize our laws.&#8221; The men then sprinted into a wooded area, where two men have been arrested.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1411274419817832449&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fheavily-armed-rise-moors-members-standoff-between-massachusetts-police-i-95&amp;sessionId=449e2f1f6ac50ffd68029745c05169dd0a4a95c0&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1411274419817832449\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;No threats were made, but these men should be considered armed and dangerous,&#8221; Wakefield police said. &#8220;We are asking residents in these areas to lock their doors and remain inside their homes. A heavy police presence will be in this area as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a view of the incident scene along the stretch of highway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-07-03_10-40-04.png?itok=cqc5z5bk\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-07-03_10-40-04.png?itok=cqc5z5bk\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-07-03_10-40-04.png?itok=cqc5z5bk\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"2506462a-6385-43bf-b33f-86edc8dfc405\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police are using negotiators to speak with the remaining suspects. &#8220;Time is our ally in this and we will certainly utilize this,&#8221; Mason said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/rise%20of%20the%20moors.jpg?itok=ALJlg5Q_\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/rise%20of%20the%20moors.jpg?itok=ALJlg5Q_\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/rise%20of%20the%20moors.jpg?itok=ALJlg5Q_\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"399\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"ac9391b0-e668-4af7-bb22-beaa62b81d4b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The men claim to be part of a group called &#8220;The Rise of The Moors&#8221; and American nationals but not US citizens. They published several videos of the standoff on their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCe-ftFU5-5on2X5zA0zAN0g\">YouTube channel &#8220;Rise of the Moors&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0early Saturday morning about their take on the standoff. In full combat gear, one individual cites specific US federal government laws that underline they&#8217;re not breaking any rules.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rbRS5uV5gxM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In another video, the individual, who appears to be the leader, provides another update on how the incident began around 0200 ET.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KWDvLftRyZ0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The man says, &#8220;we are abiding by the peaceful journey laws of the United States of Federal Courts.&#8221; He also cites\u00a0a supreme court case decision that specifies &#8220;merely carrying an arm&#8221; or &#8220;carrying a gun constitutes no offense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aMIklIPpyxQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/heavily-armed-rise-moors-members-standoff-between-massachusetts-police-i-95\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/heavily-armed-rise-moors-members-standoff-between-massachusetts-police-i-95<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavily Armed &#8220;Rise Of The Moors&#8221; Members In Standoff With Massachusetts Police On I-95<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}