More Police WTF: Alabama Man Shot, Killed by Police While Turning in Stray Cat


http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/02/more-p...hot-killed

"Sovereign citizen"

Man killed by Dothan cop had violent past

The rest of the story...

Quote:A man who died a few hours after being shot by a Dothan police officer outside the Dothan Animal Shelter on Tuesday had recently served time in jail for making threats to government employees and also had two women file protection orders against him earlier in the year.

Robert Earl Lawrence, 30, was shot around 1 p.m. Tuesday after an altercation with a police officer.

According to a department press release, the altercation began when Lawrence attempted to deliver a stray animal to an animal shelter employee.

Lawrence, who police said considered himself a sovereign citizen, became belligerent when told he needed to produce identification. An officer told Lawrence he was being placed under arrest, after which a confrontation occurred and Lawrence was shot in the abdomen.

Lawrence had a lengthy history in the court system, including pleading guilty earlier this year to harassing communications, stemming from a January 2013 phone call to the State Department of Human Resources.

http://www.dothaneagle.com/news/crime_co...b6675.html

Lesson to be learned by other "sovereigns". Just put the cat down and walk away next time.

I fully approve of civil disobedience..but..the sovereign citizen movement is an exercise in futility that will only end up bad for the sovereign. The government has the guns, the will to use them and immunity if something goes wrong.

To the OP.....I tend to agree. Why isn't Jesse and Al on top of this? Of course...We know the answer.