[Valpal1]

This story is repeatedly told inaccurately and slanted to demonize the use of the drones, but there is much better reporting to be had.

“This case should have never happened,” said state District Judge Joel Medd. “Chalk it up to stubbornness, to stupidity, to being at odds with your neighbors or any combination of those. We should never have been here if the cows would have just been returned.”

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Asked by Medd why he didn’t simply turn over the six head of cattle to his neighbor, Brossart said, “Sometimes things don’t make sense.”

http://www.agweek.com/event/article/id/22473/#sthash.f5361kus.dpuf

He had a right to file a claim for payment for penning and feeding the animals with the courts NOT to keep them till paid. He was being a jerk to his neighbors and it all went sideways on him.

[Eagles6]

Maybe he was being a jerk or maybe he wanted to make sure that he was compensated. Either way nothing justifies what was done to him or his family.

Your tag line implies that you have some understanding of the issues involved.