Sheriffs and government deed-recorders in several states have reported annoying attempts recently by “Moorish American nationals” to confiscate temporarily vacant houses (often mansions), moving in without inhibition, changing the locks and partying joyously — based on made-up documents of gobbledygook and stilted legalese granting them sovereignty beyond the reach of law enforcement. There is a venerable Moorish Temple Science of America, but these trespassers in Florida, Maryland, Tennessee and other states are from fanciful offshoots that demand reparations (usually in gold) for Christopher Columbus-era Europeans having stolen “their” land. In March, a North Carolina police investigator told the Washington Post “every state” is experiencing the “Moorish American” invasion. o
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