In March, police in Trenton, N.J., arrested four men in separate incidents and learned that they fancy themselves as “diplomats” from the Abannaki Indigenous Nation and claim immunity from the laws of the “so-called planet Earth” (and, by the way, of Mars and Venus, as well). One allegedly possessed an unidentified “controlled substance,” and the others were driving cars with made-up “diplomat” tags. The four showed no ostensible ties to the Abenaki Indigenous Nation, a tribe that first appeared in North America in the 17th century and which is still present in the northeastern U.S.)
This article appears in May 2-8, 2007.