You have no idea what you are talking about...you work for the gov, so that is no surprise.
If the BLM idiots really wanted to arrest Bundy, they would have contacted the local sheriff, the highest law-enforcement entity in the county, and he would have served the warrant...but no, the stupid BLM had a freekin moron, Dan Love, who was a special forces wanna be, in charge and he tried to militarize the entire process. It is just fortunate someone wasn't killed...there was no reason for an armed confrontation.
Dan Love was finally kicked out of the BLM and is hopefully cleaning toilets somewhere...the only job to which he is suited.
“...they would have contacted the local sheriff, the highest law-enforcement entity in the county...”
The local sheriff has no jurisdiction concerning crimes on federal land. And I haven’t worked for Uncle Sugar for 8 years when my field was closely related to this problem.
I suppose you missed this part of the article:
“Cliven Bundy and hundreds of armed supporters from around the United States forced federal officials to abandon the impoundment plan.”
They didn’t just come out of the woodwork, they were summoned and according to the article, they became the enforcement and the feds backed off rather than have that confrontation you mention. So who tried to militarize the process?
rwood