Robert Lawrence, who police say called himself a ‘sovereign citizen’ but which his lawyer disputes, was reportedly accompanied by a woman and children at the time.

The question that is still unanswered is why did he become ‘combative’ when asked to produce identification at the animal shelter? What is a ‘sovereign citizen’?

The sovereign citizen movement claims that a person has the right under common law (or at least their bizarre sham definition thereof) to declare him/herself as essentially a nation unto themselves, and therefore may not be subject to the law of the land where they live. It is closely associated, among other things, with such extreme right-wing causes as the tax protester movement and the militia movement in the United States. The term freeman on the land is a pseudolegal term assumed as a title by some would-be sovereigns, deriving from a complex and not-easily-explained conspiracy theory involving admiralty law and the Uniform Commercial Code.

Many also believe that only white men have rights, because only the Constitution and the Bill of Rights count, not any subsequent amendments; thus, the ratification of the 13th Amendment (abolishing slavery) was illegal, and the 19th Amendment being also illegal women have no right to vote, so any election in which women vote is null and void.

Though a few stateless people exist in the world (most in permanent diplomatic limbo due to lack of any citizenship), and in the United States a few have somewhat arcane legal status allowing them to be citizens of their place of residence (currently recognized only in American Samoa and Swains Island) but not the U.S. at large, the idea that one can renounce one's citizenship in order to evade the laws of the land is not a right recognized in most countries. (U.S. courts generally consider this argument frivolous.)

Having given you a little background, one can see why one would become ‘combative’ when asked to produce identification. In their world the laws of the United States do not apply to them this is why there was No Protests, No Riots, No National Media. Police in Atlanta have problems with them taking over unoccupied houses illegally. See link below

FBI: ‘Sovereign citizen' cases on the rise

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