“One thing Sheriff Palmer is outspoken on is the need for the FBI to pull back. He fears someone may get killed.”
The good sheriff is the CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER of his county. He should not REQUEST that the FBI leave, he should DEMAND that they leave.
Grant County is not the location of the occupation, the county next door is (Harney County).
Sheriff Palmer has power in his county, not the one where the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom are conducting their occupation.
Palmer has PO’ed a lot of other sheriffs because he called for the FBI to pull back in the neighboring county. The other sheriff’s believe in subservience to the federal government.
You need to do a little more homework.
Palmer is the Sheriff in a neighboring county, Grant County.
The FBI is in Haney County where Burns is and where the buildings for the refuge are located.
That Sheriff is demanding that Bundy and the protesters leave and is working with the FBI.
If this were happening in Grant County where Palmer is the Sheriff, I am sure he would have already demanded they leave.
But he cannot make that demand on an adjoining county where he is not Sheriff..