What did Bundy do? He was a passenger in a vehicle.
Where was he going? To a public meeting with a sheriff. Why? To explain his plan for leaving MWR.
Why travel to Grant County? Because he was denied use of meeting halls in Harney County.
Denied by whom? First by Sheriff Dave Ward and then by County Judge Steven Grasty. (Grasty appointed Ward sheriff).
In Oregon “county judge” is retained in some counties as the title of the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. This is the case in Harney County, Grasty his Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. His judicial authority is limited to probate only.
So first the Sheriff of Harney County and then the Chair of the Harney County Board of County Commissioners denied use of meeting halls in Harney County.
Took over a federal facility.
Where was he going? To a public meeting with a sheriff. Why? To explain his plan for leaving MWR
He was still wanted by the authorities on federal charges. They weren't going to just let him walk out and go home.