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Gunman Killed After Storming Courthouse

Sheriff in Georgia says Dennis Marx planned to take hostages

(Newser) - A member of the anti-government sovereign-citizen movement staged what amounted to a one-man assault today on the courthouse in Forsyth County, Georgia, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . But Dennis Marx never made it inside. After opening fire from his pickup, he was shot to death by deputies in a shootout that...

Mansion Squatter's Defense: I'm a Moor and I Own It

His jury, however, disagrees

(Newser) - The Washington Post calls it the "one of the most bizarre burglary cases in the region in years," and it's tough to argue: A 29-year-old man moved into a vacant $6 million mansion and claimed rightful ownership as a Moorish American National. In fact, Lamont Butler argued—...

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