Massachusetts State Police took 11 people into custody on Saturday morning after an hours-long standoff with a group of heavily armed men shut down Interstate 95 in Wakefield, prompting shelter-in-place orders and disrupting the holiday weekend commute.
The suspects reportedly said they are part of an organization called “The Rise of The Moors.” This group describes itself as “Moorish Americans dedicated to educating new Moors and influencing our Elders.” According to the CBS News affiliate in Boston, they “claimed to be American nationals but not US citizens” and had “a Moroccan flag.”
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