Rise of Moors militia members arrested over armed standoff on Massachusetts interstate file $70M lawsuit against state police for defamation and discrimination
Several Rise of Moors members filed the lawsuit seeking $70million in damages in US District Court in Rhode Island last week
It stems from the arrests of 11 members who engaged in an armed standoff with Massachusetts State Police on an interstate outside Boston on July
The plaintiffs argue they were exercising their Second Amendment right to bear arms, as well as the right to have a well-regulated militia
The suit alleges defamation, discrimination of national origin and deprivation of their rights under the color of law
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Cops used SONIC BLAST to disable Rise of the Moors militia and finally arrest them during an 11-hour stand-off on Interstate 95
During a Town Council meeting Wednesday, Wakefield Police Chief Steven Skory said officers used a sonic boom to disable Rise of the Moors suspects
The high pitch alarm is known as an LRAD, which Skory describes as an audible alarm that basically disables someone temporarily
The group of armed individuals, who identify as Moorish Americans were refueling gas tanks and told police they were traveling to Maine for training.
When the trooper asked the group to produce licenses for their firearms, members indicated they weren t licensed or didn t have licenses on them