{"id":19245,"date":"2021-07-03T15:38:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T19:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=19245"},"modified":"2021-07-03T15:38:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T19:38:47","slug":"massachusetts-armed-group-arrested-after-stand-off-with-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/07\/03\/massachusetts-armed-group-arrested-after-stand-off-with-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts armed group arrested after stand-off with police"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Police near Boston, Massachusetts, have arrested nine people after an hours-long stand-off with an armed group.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The incident began early on Saturday when an officer investigated two vehicles that had stopped by a highway near the town of Wakefield.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The occupants wore military-style uniforms and were found to be carrying weapons. Nine of them fled into nearby woods when asked for information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Police later held negotiations with the group, and all were taken into custody.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The incident comes ahead of celebrations around the country to mark Independence Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-41488081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America&#8217;s gun culture in charts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-42055871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Four dates that explain the US gun debate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Before the arrests were confirmed, State Police Superintendent Christopher Mason told reporters that the men were travelling from the state of Rhode Island for &#8220;training&#8221; in Maine. They did not specify what the training was for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-inline1\">Police said no threats were made, but the group could be charged with firearms offences.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Initial media reports suggested the assailants had said they were an anti-government organisation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In a video posted on YouTube, a man wearing military fatigues denied this. He identified the group as Rise of the Moors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Allegedly speaking from the highway where the group were stopped, he said they had been &#8220;abiding by the peaceful laws of the United States&#8217; federal courts&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">On its Instagram account, which has over 17,000 followers, the Rise of the Moors says it is a non-profit organisation &#8220;dedicated to the upliftment of fallen humanity&#8221; and seeks to &#8220;continue the work that Prophet Noble Drew Ali has laid down for us&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Timothy Drew, known Noble Drew Ali, founded the Moorish Science Temple of America in the 1920s. The religious group follows Islam and believes that all African-Americans can trace their lineage to Moab &#8211; an ancient kingdom in modern-day Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-57706098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Police near Boston, Massachusetts, have arrested nine people after an hours-long stand-off with an armed group. 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