Posted on 10/05/2016 4:38:18 AM PDT by Nextrush
Ammon Bundy carried a worn Bible to the witness stand Tuesday and portrayed himself as a weak underdog pitted against a powerful federal government that has tied to crush his family.....
Bundy told jurors that his family has grazed cattle at their ranch near Bunkerville, Nevada since they homesteaded in the 1870's....
his family faced a "tremendous amount of abuse" for trying "to protect these grazing rights....
"We can't do it against these people. They're too smart. They're too strong. We can't fight them. Now they're prosecuting us...My dad and brothers are in jail now, every single one of them. It's wrong," Bundy said, tears filling his eyes....
he initially resisted his father's push in the summer and fall of 2015 to get involved in the case of Harney County ranchers Dwight Hammond Jr. and Steven Hammond....
Ammon Bundy said he had a change of heart....
Of his visit with Steven Hammond, Bundy said, "I began to understand he was pretty tired of fighting and he was pretty much broken emotionally...He was just going to take what was given."
Bundy's lawyer, Marcus Mumford, asked his client how he responded to Seven Hammond's position.
"I didn't understand until I spent 8 and a half months in prison, how he felt," Bundy said....
As he remained on the witness stand, Bundy's attorney played for jurors clips of video from the 2014 standoff in Bunkerville. They captured a woman Ammon identified as "Aunt Margaret" getting thrown to the ground by a federal officer after she stood briefly in front of a government vehicle and then Ammon Bundy getting shot with a stun gun three times after he parked his four-wheeler in front of a government dump truck.....
Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Knight earlier has objected to the videos being presented to jurors...
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I know what racism is and what it means. It only a symantical word based on feelings used to guilt your opponent.
Treason is the act of purposeful betrayal.
Having an effect on legislation that makes it legal for any foreign entities to purchase raw uranium from “gov’t’ controlled land (that used to “belong” to the people) and coincidentally encourages a multi-million dollar donation to your very own charity....THATS treason.
Changing the immigration rules of the country arbitrarily to hopefully benefit the legitimate election thru the use of foreigners (who we dont make show photo ID’s because they are too stupid and inconvenienced to get one but always seem to find the time to vote 10 or 12 times) to sway the democratic vote in our soverign country...THATS treason.
For a politician to accept moneys from any foriegn government or foriegn citizens, let alone sworn enemies of this country, on behalf of your charitable foundation, then arrange drone strikes, weapons drops, military support and weaponry as a result of that generous contribution..........Treason!
Grazing violations and poaching game out of season and setting a protective backfire that accidentally crossed a line on a map, do not rise to this level.
This Barry/Cankle government only enforces the laws that will benefit itself and this is part of what drives the ones who feel they are being unjustly enforced upon to take the stand they did.
Unless The Donald makes strides in correcting this. It wont just be about grazing rights very much longer. I hope he can shake things up good so we can at least have some pushback towards the middle.
Believe it.
LOL! Another Gubmint Uberalis type.
Your "stint" as plainclothes with the DOJ says a lot!
Saying I believe she said it is just an admittion of how I know that most see this issue.
Please, tell me what it says. I worked for the DOJ once and speak so vehemently of the govt’t that I must be a secret double agent super-troll, is that it?
You need to know that I have absolutely nothing on anyone else in America. My time working with and for these people have given me my strong stance against them. I sickens me to see other Americans purposefully used and betrayed so the elite that instigated it can get more of what they have under the guise of doing something good for someone that didnt want or need it. I worked with these people for a short while. It didnt take long to understand their motivations, the why and the way that certain things are done. Even more so when it got down into the tactical side of things. I didnt like it from the start, they knew it, and I barely made it out of that duty assignment with my TS/SCIF clearance and my stripes.
If they supported leadership like Boehner and Ryan, who have constantly driven the country deeper into debt for starters and won’t reverse Obamacare (a bailout of big hospital companies and business in general by capping employer healthcare costs).
The GOPe line is to repeal and replace I strongly suspect with their own bailout business version.
If Hillary brings in all out Canadian style single payer she relieves business of the cost even more.
Business pays lower corporate tax in Canada while average people pay higher sales taxes.
There were people like you out there in Oregon disrupting the protest and demanding that politics was the solution when politics has failed and small farmers and ranchers were being driven out of business by the federal government through its rules and regs, leaving room only for corporate big business farming and ranching.
I’m voting for Donald Trump but there isn’t much else out there to vote for.
Mike Pence himself caved into corporate demands from Tim Cook and Apple along with professional sports and Cummins the parts maker back in 2015.
Pence backed down on a law to protect First Amendment freedom of religion for those who dissent from gay marriage.
And the cop in Tulsa is charged with manslaughter.
I recently posted we’ve gone past abortion and euthanizing like Terri Schiavo to the point where people who look drugged up and are perceived as “threatening” can be killed by law enforcement.
The devaluation of human life and humanity has reached a new low.
Finicum’s truck was already under FBI fire as he exited.
One bullet went through the roof of the truck.
He was running away from shooting by the FBI when the OSP gunned him down. Finicum wanted to reach Sheriff Glenn Palmer in Grant County, OR next door to Harney County.
The FBI went through the snow to pick up their casings and five FBI guys lied about shooting at all.
Those agents are under internal investigation for what that’s worth nowadays...probably zilch.
Regards
Sui
No worries and apology accepted. Thick skins are a must these days. As long as we can hash things out.
My disdain for the political workings of corrupt individuals using the power of government and the authority of law for personal gain makes my blood boil. This issue particularly makes me want to spout off, as my history will show, so Im gonna try to cool down a little as well.
Eagles Up, FReepers.
We are in it for FREEDOM.
Look I know you are the walking dumb on these threads but what part of vested rights and patent claims don’t you get? Apparently you dont get any of it.
The US government is breaking the law not the ranchers and miners. These kangaroo courts are what the govt does to people who sqwuack about getting screwed out of their legal rights.
Head back over to HuffPo where you probably sound like you have a clue.
Good old Reno believes a police state is a safe state. This guy was born for the TSA. LOl!
Maybe instead of idiotically berating patriotic people here on FR, maybe you might be Bundy” pen pal as he might be lonely in jail. You might hit it off. And show some respect us who have different view.
Your view is well, dare I say it “ignernt”. :-)
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