You really don’t get the whole Federal Land Grab thing, do you?
There is definitely a huge portion of the federal land bureaucracy that feels perfect land management means not letting anybody use public land. Look no further than the closing of OHV trails, mining claims, and this grazing issue. Having somebody that doesn't pay grazing fees for 20 years, and loses his cattle in court, decide to pull guns on people with a court order doesn't help that fight.
This guy that got killed last night should have spent the latter years of his life riding his horse and playing with his grandkids. Instead he followed the Bundy brothers to some kind of standoff where the Feds mean it when they say "drop your weapon."
Exactly which agency shot the deceased hasn't been identified. I did notice that the investigating agency is the Deschutes County Sheriff's Department which makes me wonder if it was a federal agent or a state/local.
No winners in this one. Just varied degrees of losers.
I was born into a ranching family. When I was younger, I’d work the summers with my grandfather, on whatever ranch he was hired to work. My knowledge of land, range, and water issues are better then some. More importantly, I understand the law regarding those issues. The Bundy brothers were promoting a warped and simply wrong viewpoint of these issues. I could explain it to you. However, i can’t make you understand the law. Hire an attorney to explain it to you.
Who shot and killed LaVoy Finicum?
We would know, if he were a black man in a traffic stop.
Demand answers. Demand a trial for the shooter.