Sheriff, feds: Rancher must be held accountable

yahoo ^ | 7/5/14 | AP, MARTIN GRIFFITH

[Nachum]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials say they agree with a Nevada sheriff's position that rancher Cliven Bundy must be held accountable for his role in an April standoff between his supporters and the federal agency.

Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie said Bundy crossed the line when he allowed states' rights supporters, including self-proclaimed militia members, onto his property to aim guns at police.

"If you step over that line, there are consequences to those actions," Gillespie told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "And I believe they stepped over that line. No doubt about it. They need to be held accountable for it."

Bureau spokeswoman Celia Boddington, in a statement released Saturday to The Associated Press, said the agency continues to pursue the matter "aggressively through the legal system."

"There is an ongoing investigation and we are working diligently to ensure that those who broke the law are held accountable," she said, declining to elaborate.

The FBI declined comment Saturday on its investigation. Bundy did not respond to a request for comment.

The Bureau of Land Management says Bundy owes over $1 million in fees and penalties for trespassing on federal property without a permit over 20 years. Bundy, whose ancestors settled in the area in the late 1800s, refuses to acknowledge federal authority on public lands.

[Georgia Girl 2]

“Bureau spokeswoman Celia Boddington, in a statement released Saturday to The Associated Press, said the agency continues to pursue the matter “aggressively through the legal system.”

Which they should have done all along instead of sending a bunch of jumped up forest rangers in tactical gear into a sovereign state to abuse citizens on a public highway and steal private property.

By the way easy for Doug Gillespie Reid’s local puppet to talk. He’s not even running again and will be leaving when his term is up. I guess he has realized he will not be re-elected.

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Guerrilla too...

[Ben Ficklin]

"This sheriff will send his boys out next time and stay in his office"

Sheriff Gillespie already did that. On the day of the big standoff, Gillespie left Lombardo in charge of the scene. The local TV station did a good job of covering events as they occurred there, here is the video report and interviews of that day:

Police Faced Bloodbath at Bundy Protest

[Oatka]

THIS is how they do it in Nye County (North of Vegas). Part 2 of a three-parter, about 10 minutes each.