Ed Larson

They don't want to run errands.

Well, sovereign citizenship is actually a relatively new concept, and its origins lie in a conspiracy-focused white supremacist movement from the 60s called Posse Comitatus. Posse Comitatus began as a reaction to the Civil Rights Movement, which they saw as government overreach and proof that America as they knew it was dead.

Well, sovereign citizenship is actually a relatively new concept, and its origins lie in a conspiracy-focused white supremacist movement from the 60s called Posse Comitatus. Posse Comitatus began as a reaction to the Civil Rights Movement, which they saw as government overreach and proof that America as they knew it was dead.

Well, sovereign citizenship is actually a relatively new concept, and its origins lie in a conspiracy-focused white supremacist movement from the 60s called Posse Comitatus. Posse Comitatus began as a reaction to the Civil Rights Movement, which they saw as government overreach and proof that America as they knew it was dead.

Consequently, the movement was mostly focused on not paying state or federal taxes because they believed the government had been taken over by the Jews.

Consequently, the movement was mostly focused on not paying state or federal taxes because they believed the government had been taken over by the Jews.

Consequently, the movement was mostly focused on not paying state or federal taxes because they believed the government had been taken over by the Jews.

Yeah. See, this movement subscribed to the Christian identity belief that Jewish people are the descendants of Satan and that white Europeans are the real lost tribes of Israel, the ones who will one day build, hint, hint, a new Jerusalem. If this sounds familiar, this is pretty much the same thing Chad Daybell believed. Just substitute white for Mormon, and it's the same thing.

Yeah. See, this movement subscribed to the Christian identity belief that Jewish people are the descendants of Satan and that white Europeans are the real lost tribes of Israel, the ones who will one day build, hint, hint, a new Jerusalem. If this sounds familiar, this is pretty much the same thing Chad Daybell believed. Just substitute white for Mormon, and it's the same thing.

Yeah. See, this movement subscribed to the Christian identity belief that Jewish people are the descendants of Satan and that white Europeans are the real lost tribes of Israel, the ones who will one day build, hint, hint, a new Jerusalem. If this sounds familiar, this is pretty much the same thing Chad Daybell believed. Just substitute white for Mormon, and it's the same thing.

It's the same thing anyway. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The religion that didn't let black people in until 1978.

It's the same thing anyway. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The religion that didn't let black people in until 1978.

It's the same thing anyway. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The religion that didn't let black people in until 1978.

Yeah. And, you know, it's not a coincidence that the Christian identity movement is big in Idaho, which is where Chad Daybell, of course, decided to build his own New Jerusalem. Now, the posse comitatus movement faded in the 80s after a member got into an inevitable shootout with federal law enforcement. Happens quite a bit with these guys. But Barry Cox— The good ones!

Yeah. And, you know, it's not a coincidence that the Christian identity movement is big in Idaho, which is where Chad Daybell, of course, decided to build his own New Jerusalem. Now, the posse comitatus movement faded in the 80s after a member got into an inevitable shootout with federal law enforcement. Happens quite a bit with these guys. But Barry Cox— The good ones!

Yeah. And, you know, it's not a coincidence that the Christian identity movement is big in Idaho, which is where Chad Daybell, of course, decided to build his own New Jerusalem. Now, the posse comitatus movement faded in the 80s after a member got into an inevitable shootout with federal law enforcement. Happens quite a bit with these guys. But Barry Cox— The good ones!

But Barry Cox, Lori Vallow's father, nevertheless joined this highly racist right-wing movement and declared himself a sovereign citizen that same decade.

But Barry Cox, Lori Vallow's father, nevertheless joined this highly racist right-wing movement and declared himself a sovereign citizen that same decade.

But Barry Cox, Lori Vallow's father, nevertheless joined this highly racist right-wing movement and declared himself a sovereign citizen that same decade.

But just as Barry's daughter, Lori, is now defending herself in court for her second murder trial, Barry Cox took one law class and believed that he could, acting as his own attorney, validly argue in court against the United States government that he had no tax liability. Therefore, he stopped paying taxes in the 1980s. So how'd that work out?