2021: "Rise of the Moors" members Jamhal Latimer and Steven Anthony Perez convicted for armed standoff on I-95 in Massachusetts, possessing firearms and body armor during a felony.

In 2021, Jamhal Latimer and Steven Anthony Perez, members of the "Rise of the Moors" group, were convicted for their roles in an eight-hour armed standoff on Interstate 95 in Massachusetts. Both men were found guilty of unlawful possession of firearms and wearing body armor during a felony. The group, dressed in military-style clothing and body armor, claimed to be an armed militia from Rhode Island, adhering to the Moorish Sovereign Ideology.

June 21, 2024
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