“They don’t have any allegiance or obligation to follow any laws from the United States.”
A national organization that tracks and researches over 800 hate and extremist groups across the country says the Pawtucket-based Rise of the Moors is an antigovernment group they’ve been keeping their eye on.
Margaret Huang, the President of Southern Poverty Law Center, tells ABC6 on Monday this group has an extremely strong desire to recruit and tactfully train their members. During the arrest on Saturday, suspects told law enforcement they were driving from Rhode Island to Maine for a training.
Rise of the Moors is the militia organization that the 11 suspects arrested in Saturday’s stand-off on I-95 in Massachusetts identified themselves as to law enforcement.
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