“Traffic Stops” on a 40 mile stretch of barricaded highway ALWAYS have A couple dozen SWAT TEAM Sharpshooters on hand. Good thing Fido stayed in his kennel that night.
Exactly...this was not a “routine traffic stop,” in the least. It was an ambush, and they were there waiting for them to come along.
I suspect that the Harney County Sheriff, Ward, whom I watched during his arrogant news conference yesterday, lured the Bundys out with a promise of some kind of safe passage to John Day.
Nothing else makes sense. But I never would have trusted that guy. He has been angry, mad, and looking for an opportunity to get these ranchers from the get go.