[kiryandil]

freeper Nextrush wrote:

I was suspecting that an arrest attempt of some sort was coming because the authorities were afraid of the meeting in Grant County tonight spreading the protest movement further..

What are your thoughts on that?

The violence may have been precipitated because the government didn't want defiance spreading?

[clamper1797]

The Feds wanted to send a message to the peasants ... this was it. Now we will see whether we are free men or serfs

[wideawake]

I think the sherriff, the county prosecutor, the Oregon Congressional delegation and the governor were angry that the feds were not doing anything, but also asking them not to do anything.

If the feds were smart, which is possible, they were just waiting all this time to get most of the leadership alone on the road and outside the wildlife reserve buildings.

My guess - they were running out of time to show results, and this was their best shot at arresting the Bundys.

And color me unsurprised that the Bundys did not go out in a blaze of glory.

[Nextrush]

I strongly suspect that considering that the sheriff in Grant County where the meeting was set for tonight, Glenn Palmer, was sympathetic to the issues the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom had raised.

Four hundred people had gathered for the meeting in John Day, Oregon for the meeting they were headed to.

Palmer wanted a peaceful resolution including the release of the Hammond’s from jail.