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America’s Most Influential Sovereign Citizen Was Arrested, and He’s Already Grifting Off It
David Straight makes hundreds of thousands of dollars convincing people they can't be arrested if they follow his rules. Then he got arrested.
A far-right grifter who makes hundreds of thousands of dollars from selling fake license plates and hosting seminars that specifically tell people they won’t be arrested if they follow his rules, was, himself, arrested and jailed for not displaying a real license plate.
David Straight was arrested Monday in Texas for driving without a license and not properly displaying license plates, despite his position as one of America’s most influential promoters of the baseless sovereign citizen ideology, which claims that people can declare themselves independent and not subject to a country’s laws.
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America’s Most Influential Sovereign Citizen Was Arrested, and He’s Already Grifting Off It
David Straight makes hundreds of thousands of dollars convincing people they can't be arrested if they follow his rules. Then he got arrested.www.vice.com