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To: LiberalBassTurds
RE: "And just how exactly do you know that sequence of events is phony?"

Here's a version from both the federal courts and the Senate.

http://64.233.167.104/unclesam?q=cache:tw2WfUNijXEJ:www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ coa/newopinions.nsf/0768117AF3AA6FDE88256E5A00707B75/%24file/9830149.pdf %3Fopenelement+harris+weaver+dog&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us

I wrapped the URL into three parts

I used the U.S. government google search and searched for

harris weaver dog

and selected

[PDF] Volume 1 of 2 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR ...

Here are excerpts from the document:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT STATE OF IDAHO, No. 98-30149

"In the early morning hours of August 21, 1992, six Deputy United States Marshals, using night vision equipment and dressed in camouflage gear, conducted a reconnaissance mission on the Weaver property in preparation for serving an arrest warrant at a later date. The officers were armed but wore no visible law enforcement identification. They were still on the property at about 10:20 a.m., when they were detected by a party consisting of Kevin Harris, Randy Weaver, his son Samuel and their dog Striker. Accounts of what followed differ, but we know that a firefight erupted during the course of which the marshals killed Striker and Samuel Weaver. Samuel was shot twice, once in the arm and once, fatally, in the back. One of the Weaver party, probably Kevin Harris, shot and killed Deputy Marshal William Degan. . . "

"The Senate subcommittee which investigated the matter concluded as follows:

"The Subcommittee concludes that Harris shot Deputy Marshal Degan. Although we cannot conclude with certainty that [Deputy Marshal] Roderick shot the dog first, the scenario testified to by Harris does seem more plausible than the testimony of the Marshals. If the very first shot that was fired was Harris' mortal wound to Deputy Marshal Degan, Deputy Marshal Degan would have had to have fired all of his seven shots after he was mortally wounded. Although there was expert testimony at the trial that this was possible, it seems unlikely. In addition, if Deputy Marshal Degan was shot first, it is hard to understand why neither [Deputy Marshal] Cooper nor Roderick immediately shot Harris, who was standing in the Y--clearly visible--and had just shot a Deputy U.S. Marshal. Finally, once the shooting started, it seems less likely that Roderick would have wasted a shot on the dog whose back was to him as the dog was walking up the hill. It seems plausible that a 14-year old boy, on seeing his dog shot, would have opened fire at the person who shot his dog. At that point, it was likely that the Marshals would shoot back at the two people who were firing on them. In the course of the gunfire, Marshal Degan was shot by Harris and Sammy Weaver was shot in the arm and in the back."

[End excerpt. My emphasis]

249 posted on 03/17/2007 4:00:54 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael
RE: #249

The long url should have been three parts, sorry for the mistake.

250 posted on 03/17/2007 4:04:46 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael
Thanks for the data. I'll read through it WilliamofCarmichael.

LBT
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256 posted on 03/17/2007 5:07:02 PM PDT by LiberalBassTurds (Bear in mind that half the population has a below-average intelligence.)
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