r/amibeingdetained↗
P. Barnes 4 President
/r/amibeingdetained is a subreddit devoted to showcasing the idiocy and ignorant behaviour of the self-proclaimed [freemen on the land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemen_on_the_land) and [sovereign citizens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizen_movement). The phrase "Am I being detained?" is a reference to a common catch-phrase used by these movements.
251k subscribers38 posts / mo in Sep 202624 authors / mosince 2013
r/amibeingdetained has 251k members (+1.1% over the last 12 months). It gets about 38 posts a month from 24 people. Top topics: Judges and Courts, Fraud and Theft Cases and Arrests and Incidents.
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- Judges and Courts0.4%
- Fraud and Theft Cases0.3%
- Arrests and Incidents0.2%
- Legal Scraps0.2%
- Spotted in the Wild0.2%
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- canlii
- ResearchGate
- canlii
- SwiftCurrentOnline
- CBC
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