As far as not being a danger to the public, multiple residents of Harney County have filed police reports saying that they were followed, harassed, and threatened by Malheur protestors.
Additionally, it's entirely feasible that Bundy and Co. went on this longer trip to seize another federal facility.
The police are well within their authority to pull over, question, and detain someone who has committed a crime.
I'm not sure why I can be pulled over after blowing through a stop sign, but someone else cannot be pulled over after breaking into a government office and taking files.
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.