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As trial ends, surreal scene leaves defense lawyer stunned with Taser, tackled by U.S. Marshals
OregonLive ^ | 10/27/2016 | Maxine Bernstein

Posted on 10/28/2016 4:56:06 AM PDT by Nextrush

Moments after the Oregon standoff defendants' acquittals were announced in court Thursday, Ammon Bundy's lawyer stood before the judge, and argued that his client should be released...

U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown told him that there was a U.S. Marshal's hold on him from a pending federal indictment in Nevada.

"No, he's released on these charges. He's acquitted. Nevada doesn't have jurisdiction," Mumford yelled, standing before the judge. "If there's a detainer, show me.".......

Suddenly a group of about six to seven U.S. Marshals, who had been either standing or seated around the perimeter of the courtroom, slowly moved in and surrounded Mumford at his defense table. The judge directed them to move back but moments later, the marshals grabbed onto him.

"What are you doing?" Mumford yelled, as he struggled and was taken down to the floor.

As deputy marshals yelled, "Stop resisting," the judge demanded, "Everybody out of the courtroom now!"....

He was cited for failure to comply with a federal lawful order and disturbance and released with a Jan. 6 date to return to federal court....

But observers who were close to the arrest decried the use of force against a lawyer in court.

"What happened at the end is symbolic of the improper use of force by the federal government," Mumford's co-counsel J. Morgan Philpot said......

Defense lawyer Per C. Olson, who represented co-defendant David Fry, called the physical confrontation "a complete overreaction. Utterly disgusting."

Olson said Mumford was getting animated, but he did nothing physical. He didn't charge the bench, or block marshals from his client. "He raised his arm as if to say, what the hell....And they grabbed him, Tased him and took him down. It was just shocking. It was completely inappropriate," Olson said......

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To: Rusty0604

I said the same thing!

WOW!


41 posted on 10/28/2016 6:10:25 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Hillary's Trickle Up policy: take bribes, sell sleazy pardons, water down AIDS medicine.)
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To: Chances Are

It’s less than that. It’s an indictment in the works. Not issued yet. This judge is a Statist Tool.


42 posted on 10/28/2016 6:11:54 AM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: Auntie Mame

I watched the trial ... it was jury nullification.


43 posted on 10/28/2016 6:12:23 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: montag813

The indictment is not yet issued. Even though the Hairy Reed Land Grab happened quite a while back.


44 posted on 10/28/2016 6:14:33 AM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: Auntie Mame

>There was NO jury nullification in the Simpson case; the prosecutors did a terrible job and the defense was superb. I watched the trial and I would not have convicted him either.

There was some jury nullification with the black jurors in the case, one of who gave the black power salute. Black jurors in general have a long history of letting black defendants go for racial solidarity reasons.

However, you are correct about the prosecution and Marsha Clark in particular. She failed to provide a believable narrative specifically to hide the fact that Nicole Simpson attacked OJ with a kitchen knife. Which is how OJ got the cut on his fingers. OJ then took the knife away and used that knife to kill her and Goldman.


45 posted on 10/28/2016 6:14:46 AM PDT by RedWulf (Trump:Front Lines. Obama: Back Nine. Hillary:Nap Time.)
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To: mistfree

Exactly, I was very surprised that there was NO mention on Drudge.


46 posted on 10/28/2016 6:15:25 AM PDT by pajama pundit (NFL: it's OK to take a knee to disrespect the Flag, but "God forbid" you take a knee to honor God.)
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To: Nextrush

Oregon+Feds = rights trampled.

Simple as that. F Oregon State. F the Feds. ESAD.


47 posted on 10/28/2016 6:20:36 AM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: Moonman62

And every lawyer worth his or her salt knows that you don’t yell at the judge. That was just dumb. Probably didn’t justify the overreaction, but didn’t help his case.


48 posted on 10/28/2016 6:22:37 AM PDT by jagusafr
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To: Nextrush

The time for pitchforks and torches is quickly approaching.


49 posted on 10/28/2016 6:26:05 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Nextrush

This is a damn shame. When I drove for Trailways I was twice boarded by Federal Marshals looking for fugatives. In both cases they were very professional and courteous and apologetic about disrupting my scedule.


50 posted on 10/28/2016 6:29:07 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (Socialists are just communists in their larval stage.)
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To: montag813

Um, what part of “Federal indictment” did he not understand? Lodge a protest if you wish, but come on.

It helps if you read the entire sentence, the operative word here is PENDING, Which means there is currently NO INDICTMENT.

there was a U.S. Marshal’s hold on him from a pending federal indictment in Nevada.


51 posted on 10/28/2016 6:29:23 AM PDT by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: montag813

It is not clear there was an indictment.

The story says “pending” which implies it had not happened yet.


52 posted on 10/28/2016 6:47:39 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Nextrush

I love the descriptive “suddenly six or seven marshalls slowly moved.” Suddenly they moved slowly. The turtle suddenly moved slowly after the rabbit. The snail suddenly moved slowly across the sidewalk.


53 posted on 10/28/2016 6:48:25 AM PDT by webheart (We are all pretty much living in a fiction.)
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To: webheart

They were attacking him for doing nothing physical to block them from taking Ammon Bundy away, they were attacking him for speaking to the judge in the courtroom to challenge their right to take Ammon Bundy away.


54 posted on 10/28/2016 6:56:44 AM PDT by Nextrush (Remember Pastor Niemoller: Freedom is everybody's business)
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To: Nextrush; All

“Suddenly a group of about six to seven U.S. Marshals, who had been either standing or seated around the perimeter of the courtroom, slowly moved in and surrounded Mumford at his defense table. The judge directed them to move back but moments later, the marshals grabbed onto him.”

The Marshals refused to obey the judges order. Why aren’t they charged with contempt of Court?


55 posted on 10/28/2016 6:59:13 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

The judge ‘has her own issues’ I would say based on my reading of news stories and watching videos of people who were witnesses in the courtroom during the trial.

She asked Mumford to lower his voice, she asked the marshals to stay back.

Then the marshals did their thing anyway and she took their lead and let them run her courtroom by ordering everyone to ‘get out now’.


56 posted on 10/28/2016 7:11:12 AM PDT by Nextrush (Remember Pastor Niemoller: Freedom is everybody's business)
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To: homegroan

My understanding is that this issue is part of the 2016 RNC platform.


57 posted on 10/28/2016 7:33:00 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Talk and words are cheap when action is needed.

That’s what I expect from a POTUS named Trump, but I have no such expectations for the rest of the GOP elected officials.


58 posted on 10/28/2016 7:39:59 AM PDT by Nextrush (Remember Pastor Niemoller: Freedom is everybody's business)
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To: Nextrush

So, if the “resisting” is proven to be against an unlawful order, is he exonerated of the charge?


59 posted on 10/28/2016 7:59:41 AM PDT by fwdude (If we keep insisting on the lesser of two evils, that is exactly what they will give us from now on.)
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To: fwdude

Who knows what happens between now and Jan. 6 when they have Mumford in court?


60 posted on 10/28/2016 8:01:40 AM PDT by Nextrush (Remember Pastor Niemoller: Freedom is everybody's business)
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