Waiting for sentence.
“On Nov. 26, 2020, which was Thanksgiving Day, Herd El took a bus from his home to the Roxbury station, where police were waiting. Investigators searched him and found a loaded semi-automatic pistol, a laser sight, three spare magazines, 45 rounds of ammunition, a knife, and an infrared camera.
Police said Herd El was also wearing a bullet-proof vest and a jacket that had “security” written on it.
He told officers that he was on his way to Thanksgiving dinner.” 
Federal agents on Thanksgiving arrested a man on gun charges and found various materials in his McLellan Street house that could be used to create explosives, the US Attorney's office reports, adding an investigation continues into his alleged "anti-government/anti-authority sovereign citizen...
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“In a 15 1/2-hour search of the house, however, agents did not find any black powder or explosives, the affidavit continues. The agent added additional searches will likely be made because of how "disorganized and cluttered" the house is.
Also, agents did not begin searching until bomb technicians spent 3 1/2 hours on their own search to make sure there was nothing about to blow up while other agents were conducting their search.
El's last name is a common one among Moorish Sovereign Citizens - Black people who, like their more commonly known white counterparts, believe they are not subject to most laws. The Southern Poverty Law Center characterizes them as
an extremist movement:”
