On July 3, 2021, a standoff occurred between armed members of a militia group called Rise of the Moors and local police officers on Interstate 95 in Wakefield, Massachusetts after a state trooper responding to disabled vehicles allegedly found the group carrying long guns, side-arms and wearing tactical body armor. Police said the group claimed to be traveling from Rhode Island to Maine for "training" on their privately owned land. The standoff lasted several hours and resulted in 11 arrests

Rise of the Moors is a New England group whose members identify as Moorish Americans. An Instagram account belonging to the group says its goal is to continue the work of Noble Drew Ali, founder of the Moorish Science Temple of America. According to The Washington Post, the group is part of the Moorish sovereign-citizen movement, who claim immunity from local, state and federal laws. The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies the Rise of the Moors as an anti-government group and identifies the Moorish sovereign-citizen movement with the broader American sovereign-citizen movement.

About two weeks after the standoff, some members of the group filed a $70,000,000 civil rights and defamation lawsuit against some media outlets, the Massachusetts State Police, some individual troopers involved in the standoff, the presiding judge from the arraignment, and the State of Massachusetts for "violating the claimants civil, national and human rights". The suit was dismissed as it would involve federal intervention in state court proceedings and that the allegations did not demonstrate any defamation.

Police say the arrested are: Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer, 29, of Providence, Rhode Island; Robert Rodriguez, 21, of the Bronx, New York; Wilfredo Hernandez, 21, of the Bronx; Alban El Curraugh, 27, of the Bronx; Aaron Lamont Johnson, 29, of Detroit; Quinn Cumberlander, 40, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Lamar Dow, 34, of the Bronx; and Conrad Pierre, 29, of Baldwin, New York.

Moorish sovereigns believe that a 1787 treaty between the U.S. and Morocco -- a claim that SPLC says is "fictitious" -- grants them immunity from U.S. law, the center reported. Some groups create their own birth certificates, passports, driver's licenses and vehicle registrations, according to SPLC.

This perceived immunity from local authority is used to justify refusing to pay taxes, buy car insurance, register vehicles, and "defraud banks", the center reported. The movement has no unified leadership and consists of small groups, most of which operate in the Southeast, Northeast and Midwest U.S., according to the SPLC.

SPLC officially listed Rise of the Moors as an anti-government organization in 2020. Cruz said the center has counted so far six organizations that are classified as Moorish sovereign anti-government groups across the country.

The SPLC has reported seeing the Rise of the Moors group participate in paramilitary training before, but the location of the training is unknown. He said it's uncommon to see sovereign citizen groups participate in such training.

He warned the public to be wary of such groups, saying sovereign communities, "tend to prey on people who have fallen on hard times, and are not necessarily aware of what it means to be part of a sovereign nation."

"With the Moorish groups especially, they try and tailor their message to bring in Black and brown folks with the idea that their sovereign nation will provide opportunities and a more equitable society for folks," Cruz said. "A lot of times people get caught up in that and don't realize that essentially what they're espousing is illegal. You can't just grab a car and drive it wherever you want. You can't just squat in homes and make them your own. You can't just carry around firearms and not have them registered."

Rise of the Moors Mission statement:

"The main focus of Rise of the Moors is to perform all things relating to and appropriate to portraying the overall history of our ancestors - the Olmecs, Moabites, Canaanites, Hittites etc.; Informing all Moors of their political status here in the Maghreb Al Aqsa (America – Morocco the most extreme west); Enlighten the minds of the fallen Moors, restoring them the their ‘In Full Life,’ ‘In Propria Persona Sui Juris’ status, as opposed to the mentality of a minor who is ‘Civil liter Mortuus’; to promote a collective of Moorish Americans and connecting them to the Rise of the Moors social and economic platform; to promote the use of moral principles and the branches of knowledge dealing with ethical awareness; to encourage all Moorish Americans to believe in the capacity of each other to succeed in business, to encourage, support and provide patronage in our affairs".


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