mark potok says by some estimates there are 300 some sovereign citizens in the united states today. >eir believes go back 20 25 years or even further, and essentially, they believe that the federal government has no jurisdiction over them. >> reporter: the latest dhs report counted 24 related attacks since 2010 with law enforcement being the primary target. >> they are basically telling people they can get something for nothing. they don't have to pay their taxes, their credit card debt. so there's that kind of teaching going on all around the country, and that's what's really driving this movement. >> reporter: it's not just violence authorities are worried about according to mark potok. it's also so-called paper terrorism, burying court officials with nonsensical filings. they are bound by law to file them and track them even though they have no idea what they're looking at. >>> on to the state of texas now where nearly 3,000 inmates will be relocated to a new facility after several fires were started during a lockdown. on friday prisoners at a federal prison in south texas refused

according to mark potok with the southern poverty law center it's also so-called paper terrorism whichs the process of burying court officials with nonsensical filings. many officials are required by a matter of law to file those documents and track them even though they may have no idea what they're looking at. nick havevalencia cnn, atlanta. >>> a wounded officer responded to a reported burglary just before 5:00 a.m. this morning. police believe that the wounded officer was not targeted personally but was shot because he is a cop. >> the officer was not in his squad car when this happened. he was outside the squad car. it's clear to us that the officer was shot in relation to his response to the call. it didn't seem at all to us related to the information that we have at this time that there would be any reason to shoot this officer other than him being targeted for doing his job. >> the officer remains in stable condition. >>> and this time of year a lot of people losing sleep over the is. irs. but you don't want to get on the bad side of people who go after unpaid taxes and fines,

well, that goes back to what i said about the notion of describing russia as a potok a put argosy, has literally a government ruled by these who will in order to steal. and that is simply not true. there are plenty of people that are still in russia. they have always been stealing in russia, and they are doing it a lot of it now. one thing that we try to stress in the book and probably did not do it adequately is to understand the difference between the way pollutant regards corruption and the way we might regard corruption, we would regarded as an ill that needs to be removed from an economy or society because it undermines that economy. and it would be good if we could get rid of it. for corruption as an instrument. what he is doing is exactly -- his background, you have to understand who he is. and the soviet union there was know such thing officially as private enterprise they're really was. it was an underground economy. the kgb can control the entire underground economy. the languages use control, monitors. be on top of it steered in the direction that she wanted. the kgb -- let

and in one sentence i talked to mark potok, he says there was a filing for a sovereign citizen that the rambleing, but because the clerks are required to process it it's this paper terrorism of bogging down the system with this gibberish paperwork. >> nick valencia thank you for that. >>> an update now to a developing story we've been following this morning. right now a manhunt is underway in minneapolis after a police officer was ambushed and then shot while sitting in his patrol car. here's what we know right now. the wounded officer was one of two who had just finished responding to a reported burglary. the incident took place around 6:00 a.m. eastern time. the wounded officer was then taken to the hospital by his partner, and he's now believed to be in stable condition. earlier today, the city's police chief held a press conference after visiting the officer in the hospital. >> i just left the hospital. i was with the officer and his wife. i am pleased to report that he is currently in stable condition. i would ask the public however, to continue to have the officer and his family i