Here's the long version:
Here's a helpful Youtube comment (however, be sure to take it with a grain of salt).
4 hours ago 31st name Robert, last Peterson from North Idaho. Peterson believes he is exempt from laws, and rules unless he's hurt or wronged someone else.Peterson is in jail under $50,000 dollars bond.
He faces three counts of battery against a peace officer and one count of criminal contempt.
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For the record: I do not support police brutality, or excessive force such as this act of tasering. I don't think that cop was right to do what he did, and I don't think that Robert was anywhere near the threshold that triggers the use of a taser.
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With all of this put aside, I have to admit that these two videos are very funny, and to listen to "sovereign speak" from someone who sincerely believes in what he's saying, is just simply unbelievable. I wonder if Robert watches his own videos and realizes just how stupid he is.
Note the similarities between Robert's convictions to Redemption style sovereign citizen: He's a "man", not a person, the person is a legal entity that he shedded somehow, and he as a "man" is not within current jurisdiction. Also make note of the similarities with PACinlaw style sovereign citizen: He's a state citizen, not a federal citizen (which he also somehow shedded), has state ID, but believes the state is under military control ("admiralty maritime jurisdiction"), as evidenced by gold tassels on an American flag in the courtroom (LB Bork actually believes a variation of this, except as "false government control" instead of "military control").
It's like two incest love children having their own incestuous lovechild and decided not to abort. That said, I can't wait until the sovereign citizen movement aborts itself.
In the long version, Robert appears to be too young for the sovereign citizen scene. Perhaps he was a former Paulite that clicked on some sovereign stuff one day and said "Man, this is an eyeopener! I can't wait to not file my 1040!" And if I have to give any credit, he is confident and persistent. Great journalism requires big balls like that. It's too bad he's a moron. I have to commend the police for putting up with this for as long as they did. If I were a cop, I would have two hand grabbed Robert and tossed him out the door. No punches, no tasers. You know, good old fashioned security work. Hell, Patrick Swayze wouldn't use no taser and he's too pretty to be a bouncer.
Despite the wrongful tasering, I admire the cop who administered it. He really reminded me of wserra and others on the Quatloos forums. They didn't foolishly research and deconstruct LB Bork's material like I did. They saw the immediate flaws and shut that bullshit down for what it was, leaving Bork with his tail between his legs, full of butthurt.
Robert: Well, I don't have to go in...
Pete: OK
Robert: because you can't even issue a warrant for me
Pete: Then you might as well leave.
Robert: Well, no, I'm a gonna go in there and speak with a prosecutor
Pete: You can go in without the camera.
Robert: *looks around* please step aside, I'm going in.
What a dumbass. How hard is it to get a spy camera anyway? Why make a scene? Did he honestly think other people were judging him so much that he had to go for broke to prove a point? The more I think about it, the more I believe he's an impulsive 18 year old.
Well, as a parting quote, I'll leave you with this:
"It's not like I haven't been tased before..."
