"Wilson was shot when he went to talk to the Bixbys about the state's need to take some land..."
Yep. It was legal. There is no doubt in my mind that when the state went over to this family, and told them that their property was going to be seized for the public good, i.e. to widen the road, that the state had the law on it's side.
The presence of those 150 various police/federal agents would be another clue.
The Bixby family unlawfully killed two police officers, who were there to lawfully confiscate their property. They committed murder, under the definition of the law.
The state didn't commit theft, under the definition of the law. They didn't commit armed robbery, under the definition of the law.
It's amazing how you can make things look, when you control the law.
You can use eminent domain to take property from one private citizen, and sell it to another private citizen, if you think it'll increase your tax base.
That's legal. It's enforceable at the point of a gun. Resistance is futile, when the law is on the side of the takers, and against the protectors.
Oh, spare me. It's not as if they just made this up. It's been in the property records base for over 45 years, and this guy just now figured it out?
Sorry, but violent armed disputes over a few feet of land is not the mark of a patriot or someone we should emulate. He's a nutcase, plain and simple.