Self-Described Moorish American Nationals Are Taking Over Unoccupied Homes

The Washington Post yesterday reported on an "odd and perplexing phenomenon popping up in cities across the country" in which individuals, claiming to be Moorish American Nationals take over foreclosed or unoccupied homes-- often very expensive ones-- distorting tenets of the Moorish Science Temple of America to support their actions. Asserting claims that black people lived in what is now the United States long before Europeans arrived, they create elaborate arguments that various land instruments are invalid and local laws need not be obeyed. Generally police show up within a few days to evict the trespassers.