Trying to remember who were the good guys in the Cliven Bundy stand off a few years ago; the police and feds doing their jobs or the people who traveled to protest with Bundy while pointing guns? – PB/TK
Cliven Bundy ‘Protesters’ Allegedly Pointed Rifles at Feds – JOHN L. SMITH 03.01.17
LAS VEGAS—A Hollywood Western would probably have called them hired guns, but the six men on trial for their role in an armed standoff during a thwarted federal 2014 cattle roundup call themselves protesters.
Their trial is the first of three scheduled in U.S. District Court this year in connection with the April 12, 2014, showdown between Bureau of Land Management officers and the family, friends and followers of Bunkerville, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy. With 17 defendants in all, the six alleged gunmen are considered among the least culpable players, but are accused of using their high-powered weapons to threaten and intimidate federal officers as part of a larger conspiracy.
The case has stoked the debate over the proper role of the federal government in managing public lands in the West. Approximately 85 percent of Nevada land is federally managed.
When cowboys under contract with the BLM attempted to execute a court order and impound hundreds of Bundy’s wayward animals from public land in an attempt to offset the $1 million in unpaid grazing fees he’s refused to pay, the Constitution-waving cattleman accused them of violating his rights. And he did what most protestors do in the Internet age, he took to Facebook, Youtube and the more conventional media and encouraged supporters to see for themselves at his ranch located about 80 northeast of Las Vegas.
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