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Participant in Cliven Bundy standoff sentenced to 68 years in prison
Los Angeles Times (via TriCity Herald) ^ | July 26, 2017 | DAVID MONTERO

Posted on 07/26/2017 10:30:59 PM PDT by Robwin

The weight of a heavy sentence landed in the quiet federal courtroom Wednesday morning, leaving Gregory Burleson occasionally stroking his graying beard and his attorney pleading unsuccessfully for leniency.

The 53-year-old Burleson was the first to be sentenced for his role in the 2014 standoff between federal agents and supporters of Cliven Bundy near his Nevada ranch.

He got 68 years in prison.

U.S. District Court Judge Gloria Navarro did take into account his blindness and frailty – he sat in a wheelchair during the hearing – but she also reminded Burleson of his crimes, which included threatening a federal law enforcement officer, obstruction of justice and interstate travel in aid of extortion.

She said agents – who hunkered down in a wash while Bundy supporters trained guns on them, recorded them and shouted at them – were scarred from the experience and suffered mental trauma.

"That isn't something that heals over with a scab," Navarro said. "You can't put it in a cast or stitch it up."

The case has been watched closely as it marked another round between the federal government and those who believe public lands should be transferred to local control. Burleson's trial drew supporters from neighboring states throughout the proceedings, which ended in April, and a handful would gather outside the courthouse to monitor the developments and post updates to sympathizers on social media.

(Excerpt) Read more at tri-cityherald.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bundy; resistance
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He is but the first. The sentence is a clear message that Conservative resistance to government excess will not be tolerated. Meanwhile the Left and blacks can engage in riots, property destruction, and anarchism and it's a wonder if anyone even gets arrested.
1 posted on 07/26/2017 10:30:59 PM PDT by Robwin
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To: Robwin

This man should go free.

Real American patriots should make it so. If the judge wants to stand in the way, well we have shovels too.

This is a travesty of justice.

Sickening.


2 posted on 07/26/2017 10:33:35 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: Robwin

Completely concur with your assessment.

3 posted on 07/26/2017 10:36:33 PM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Robwin

Zerobot thug-tyrant in a robe.

Navarro, Gloria Maria
Born 1967 in Las Vegas, NV

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Nominated by Barack Obama on December 24, 2009, to a seat vacated by Brian Edward Sandoval. Confirmed by the Senate on May 5, 2010, and received commission on May 6, 2010. Served as chief judge, 2014-present.

Education:
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, B.A., 1989
Arizona State University College of Law, J.D., 1992

Professional Career:

Private practice, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1993, 1994-2001
Research and writing specialist, Office of the Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada, 1993-1994
Deputy special public defender, Clark County, Nevada, 2001-2004
Chief deputy district attorney, Civil Division, Clark County, Nevada, 2005-2010


4 posted on 07/26/2017 10:37:52 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: Robwin

Another case that Jeff Session is letting leftists rule us under. No way this would have happened to a bunch of leftist protestors.


5 posted on 07/26/2017 10:39:03 PM PDT by JohnyBoy
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To: Robwin

Isn’t this exactly what Debbie Wasserman-Schultz did?


6 posted on 07/26/2017 10:39:07 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: JohnyBoy

He is not only “letting” them rule over us. He went out of his way to PRAISE these Federal prosecutors. Disgusting, despicable RAT who poses as a patriot.


7 posted on 07/26/2017 10:40:50 PM PDT by Kalamata (It's past time for pitchforks.)
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The sentence is a clear message that Conservative resistance to government excess will not be tolerated. Meanwhile the Left and blacks can engage in riots, property destruction, and anarchism and it's a wonder if anyone even gets arrested.

Well said. It really is disgusting.

8 posted on 07/26/2017 10:41:38 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
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You are correct. And he should have known that if he surrendered or was captured, he was’t coming out alive. Cliven Bundy is also a dead man walking. Once they get them into prison out of the public eye, the only question remaining to be answered is how will they be killed.Will they be Jim Mc Dougaled or will they be beaten to death, or will they have an “accident”.


9 posted on 07/26/2017 10:46:47 PM PDT by sport
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BOP can wrack you hard with their medical ‘care’, or lack.

I hate them.


10 posted on 07/26/2017 10:54:31 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Why defend the EU?)
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To: Robwin

From another article.

““I was hell bent on killing federal agents that had turned their back on we the people,” he told an undercover FBI agent who posed as a documentary filmmaker in order to interview him. During the sentencing hearing, Burleson, a Phoenix resident, acknowledged some of his previous errors.”

“Yes, I said a lot of crazy things. I’m ashamed of them actually,” he said to U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro. “Looking back at them, it’s like, ‘wow, obviously I shouldn’t drink.’””

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/bundy-blm/bundy-supporter-burleson-sentenced-to-68-years-in-prison/

That’s why you don’t talk to the police and you do not talk to anyone who who might be a cop or in this case an FBI Agent.

And what ever you do, don’t drink alcohol and talk to an FBI Agent.

And no, that’s not an example of entrapment.


11 posted on 07/26/2017 11:03:36 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Robwin

The state owns its serfs


12 posted on 07/26/2017 11:04:10 PM PDT by vooch (America First)
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To: Robwin

Presidential Pardon?


13 posted on 07/26/2017 11:04:28 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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Pardon them one by one, right after conviction?


14 posted on 07/26/2017 11:06:45 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: sport

“Federal agents gave Burleson two alcoholic drinks prior to his undercover interview. He told the judge several times Wednesday that he has a drinking problem and that even small amounts of alcohol can affect his cognitive ability.”

He does nit have a drinking problem, he has a talking problem.


15 posted on 07/26/2017 11:08:57 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Robwin

The courts are corrupt. The stench of corruption in our government is beyond what anyone imagined. The left can do NO wrong, conservatives are ALWAYS wrong.


16 posted on 07/26/2017 11:11:53 PM PDT by Dapper 26
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This just further degrades confidence in the legal system, federal agents, and law enforcement.

This also should qualify for cruel and unusual punishment.

Who gets 68 years prison these days? What crime?

You can’t get 68 years for treason.


17 posted on 07/26/2017 11:19:31 PM PDT by AlmaKing
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To: Blue Jays

Robert LaVoy Finicum got whacked by the federal government, too.

18 posted on 07/26/2017 11:20:10 PM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Robwin

68 years for exercising peaceful protest against the government. (And yes, I am well aware that if they were not armed, it would not have been peaceful.)

Trump would send a VERY clear message to the judiciary by simply commuting the sentence to time served. There is a place for rule of law and protest to coexist.


19 posted on 07/26/2017 11:21:11 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Robwin

My gut feels like Waco all over again.


20 posted on 07/26/2017 11:29:37 PM PDT by weston (SO HERE'S THE STORY: As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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