FAFO:

Moorish Sovereign arrested, despite ‘police status’ in new republic

An Indianapolis couple, Lenora Jackson and Carl Dowd, explained to police that they are members of the Moorish Society and not subject to federal, state and local laws, nor arrest by local law enforcement, and they gave police a pamphlet explaining their government, Thorntown Deputy Chief Derek Babcock wrote in a probable cause affidavit.

Jackson had called 911 asking for help when the car in which they traveled with an 18-year-old and two children ran out of gas and the battery died at about 2 a.m. June 5, according to court records.

But Dowd, 37, was belligerent from the beginning of their contact with local police, and the children moved to defend him from police, Babcock wrote in the affidavit.

The stranded car’s fictitious license plate read “United States of America Republic,” and police could not determine who owned the car because it lacked proper registration, Babcock reported.

Babcock explained that he’d have to impound the car, as it was not legal to drive at the moment, and “at this point, all parties got heated and attempted to explain their republic, and stated it was a validly registered vehicle …” Babcock wrote.

and then the discussion went south from there