Roeder Called Himself “Citizen Of The Republic Of Kansas”

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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.

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