Posted on 04/16/2014 11:05:04 AM PDT by ponygirl
New images of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy’s tense standoff with the Federal Bureau of Land Mangement (BLM) on Saturday afternoon reveal how the armed agency’s military operation configured to forcefully engage Bundy cowboys and their supporters who sought to liberate federally confiscated cattle over the weekend.
These exclusive images were taken by a GMN photographer positioned right above the action on the Southbound side of Interstate 15 near Bunkerville, Nevada.
Despite the BLM being instructed to leave the Bundy Ranch and Gold Butte area earlier that morning, the agency still insisted had a legal right to be there and that it would not let go of hundreds of cows it had already taken away from the Bundy Family. Critics are asking if that ‘legal right’ also includes stationing a federal military force in Bunkerville.
Prior to this standoff, the special agent in charge of BLM’s ground operations, Daniel P. Love, had issued a warning that any one who crosses the federal line in order to free the seized cattle – will be arrested. Love went on boasting his agency’s advantage over Bundy supporters when saying, “I’ve seen your numbers right now, you’d better hope that 10,000 show up.”
It turns out that protesters needed far less numbers to overcome Love’s federal army. In the end, a Bundy’s contingent of 150 cowboys on horseback and a few hundred of peaceful supporters – backed by a well-organised volunteer militia, all together, proceed to march past the BLM’s line of demarcation to the entrance of cattle holding area, prompting the platoon of armed federal tactical teams to stand down and fall back.
This is the first collection in a three part series, showing the federal government’s military build-up to Saturday’s climax under US Interstate 15…
(Excerpt) Read more at 21stcenturywire.com ...
Sounds like it would be good to get that lifted "early".
How many Gov't types are still there controlling the scene?
Yep.
Bunkerville, NV: What Sort Of Tacticool Sunglasses Is The "Contractor" Wearing?,
Wherein the FReepers discover just who Daniel P. Love of the Brave BLM Companions really is:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3144678/posts
Ooops!
Left off the http://...
BTW - neat trick I didn't know existed:
select/highlight a phrase in the webpage text with your mouse (for example: What Sort of Tacticool Sunglasses), right click, get the context menu, select "Search Google for "What Sort of ...".
Google will open a new tab & search for the phrase you selected. If you switch the default search engine on the upper right in Firefox, the context menu will search on THAT search engine (Bing, Yahoo, Wikipedia, Youtube, etc.)
Saves a lot of time.
Do they REALLY want it in the news that the BLM killed 5,000 “resistors” over a land dispute?
I clicked on your link and it says the document doesn’t exist “on this server.” ???????
“What should alarm the crap out of all of us is the undeniable impression of eagerness...”
Did you hear that Love jackboot on the tape? No doubt about it. He was just itching to shoot some Americans.
The takeaway...if you go to one of these shindigs as American, you better be ready for a full on assault by the govt. Pray it doesn’t happen...but, BE PREPARED.
Worth posting again. Well said. BRAVO.
Hey, but I get to use the word "bollixed"!
For all practical purposes they are the "civilian national security force" Barack promised to build.
Oh come on, that commment makes you sound like a lefty. Save it for them.
In that case, 1) disregard my post #85 and 2) THANKS for the link and heads-up! :^)
An FOIA would make them skit their little skanties...
And a fine word it is! {^) You more than redeem yourself!
For all practical purposes they are the "civilian national security force" Barack promised to build.
I'm sensing a violation:
“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.”
That oughta work!
I hear random numbers of BLM in pars. they are on the move so getting a count is hard. I would guess 25-50 from reports.
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