This is irrelevant to the situation and the response. By your justification, the poor American settlers should have been squashed like a bug. I mean, really, resisting the almighty "federal" king?
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If residents of Harney County filed police reports for being harassed, then Harney County authorities should have handled the complaints the same exact way they handle all harassment complaints. If they didn't involve federal authorities before, then they didn't need to now.
Pulling over is one thing. Not chase them down with SWAT. The overreaction of the government resulted in the overreaction of citizens.
I see people getting run down by government swat teams for stealing files all of the time. So glad that is normal operating procedure. Can't wait to see them do that to Hillary.
Some of the people who were threatened were locals who were federal employees, hence federal jurisdiction.
And again, if you are going to pull over six well-armed people who have committed crimes, you need more than a cruiser and a deputy.
Why these people of all the people in the world should be presumed immune to traffic stops is an unanswerable question.
They're not immune. If the cops stop you on the road, you stop and you cooperate.
That's how every normal person operates, unless they have some kind of agenda.
You yourself would never try to lead the police on a chase or reach for a weapon when a peace officer told you to put your hands on your head.
You would pull over and ask: "What's the problem, officer?" and if he said "I'm taking you in on a charge of x" you would say: "I'll come quietly, but I am not saying a word until you bring me my attorney."