Posted on 05/21/2020 9:52:12 AM PDT by george76
a Montana resident attempted to drive to Cooke City when he was pulled over and harassed by law-enforcement who – obeying the orders of Governor Steve Bullock – refused to allow passage to the small Montana town.
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Governor Steve Bullock, who seems intent on hurting Montana’s tourism economy – which amounts to 3.7 billion dollars a year and brings in more money than both agriculture and energy – has the state’s parks on lockdown.
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Whereas Yellowstone National Park has been opened up, only the entrances on the Wyoming side are open to travelers. Governor Bullock, insistent on protecting Montanan from economic recovery, has kept the entrances to the park on the Montana side shut.
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Tyler Vance – a concrete worker from Montana – attempted to make his way to Cooke City when he was immediately followed, pulled over, questioned, and harassed by law enforcement for traveling through the area. Vance kept his calm and spoke repeatedly to the officers of tyranny and questioned their resolve to obey the Constitution. His appeals to the law were largely ignored by the officers who were intent on inhibiting his travel.
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Somebody has got to do it. Somebody has got to stand up for our rights.
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As Vance pled with the officer on the grounds of the Constitution, the officer said, “I agree that certain things need to change, but I don’t make the rules.”
Vance said, “You have every right to refuse to enforce it,” and the officer replied, “No I don’t. Would you refuse something your boss ordered you?”
The constitutional right to travel is presumed under the fifth amendment according to a myriad of court rulings. Citizens may travel from place to place without having to show a permit allowing travel.
(Excerpt) Read more at montanadailygazette.com ...
Makes a great campaign commercial for Republican Steve Daines.
When the SHTF, the cops will be with us. 😑
Thanks for the link. As I recall, we went through in July or August and they were still skiing in some areas.
I should be clear-I would THINK they should be different given our heritage and culture. I think it is clear that not all are.
By the way, it looks like you posted an image that wasn’t displaying correctly for me, can you repost it. I am curious...
Well, can’t deny the nugget of truth in that...
I guess they all have their compelling interests that underlie them...
Here, they want money.
Over there, they want to be jackbooted servants of the state!
Agreed, that would be an option.
Says it’s OPEN for the season.
Sorry, your link was in May.
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