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Monday August 28th is the anniversary of the massive march on Washington, the "Civil Rights" march that featured the oration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr...... MLK had captured the public square and public opinion, taken it away from President John F. Kennedy..... The Kennedy Administration wanted to take a "Moderate" path...... JFK and his Attorney General RFK were in their own way the John McCain and Mitch McConnell of their party..... The Beatles sang a song called 'Revolution".... One line said "If you go around carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow." Mao's...

After meeting pretrial release conditions, Eric Parker and Scott Drexler made it back home by Friday. Andrea Parker posted photos on Facebook of her husband at home with their children. The jury found them not guilty on most charges last Tuesday and was hung on others (four for Parker, two for Drexler) but likely with 11 jurors considering them not guilty. Ricky Lovelien and Steven Stewart were found not guilty on all ten charges against them and were immediately released to freedom. Acting US Attorney Steven Myhre in Las Vegas is the lead prosecutor in the Bunkerville Standoff case and...

Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, wants the names and other redacted information revealed in an ethics probe of the Bureau of Land Management law enforcement supervisory agent once in charge of Utah and Nevada. Details of the more than yearlong probe by the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General were released in a February report, but key names were blacked out — including that of Dan Love, who the Deseret News confirmed was at the center of the probe. In the report, the inspector general substantiated that ethics breaches had occurred and ... Bishop asked for the full report by no...

Andrea Parker at :13) ....Eric (Parker) and Scott (Drexler) both had their detention hearings separately....... ...two defendants Ricky (Lovelien) and Steve (Stewart) were completely acquitted.....but two defendants Scott (Drexler) and Eric (Parker) have pending charges meaning there was no verdict, hung jury on just a few of the charges, four for Eric and two for Scott..... .....it has been verified by prosecutor Myhre today that he intends and is prepared to go forward immediately for the third trial just related to the remaining charges for each individual defendant. (John Lamb at 1:09) ...He (prosecutor Steve Myhre) still considers them dangerous,...

Eric Parker and Scott Drexler to be tried on charges where the jury was hung in the second trial. When the jury came down 'not guilty' on 34 of 40 charges for the defendants at the second Bunkerville Standoff trial. Rick Lovelien and Steven Stewart walked free found not guilty on all charges after spending 18 months in prison without bail. Eric Parker and Scott Drexler were released to a halfway house last night with not guilty verdicts on most of their charges and jury hung on some (four for Parker, two for Drexler). Today at a detention hearing in...

(John Lamb at :07) ....you won't believe it, you won't believe it guys, you won't believe it they let all four of them out tonight.... Wooo...you won't believe it guys, all four of them got out......Wooo......

John Lamb at 1:10) ....Scott Drexler is not guilty on eight of the ten charges, there's only two charges that were hung.... John Lamb at 1:25) .....Next was Ricky Lovelien, all not guilty for Ricky Lovelien on all ten counts.... John Lamb at 1:39) .....Third to Eric Parker, he has six not guilty's, four hung charges...... John Lamb at 2:04) .....We have last is Steven Stewart, not guilty on all ten charges.... John Lamb at 2:45) ....She's (US District Judge Gloria Navarro) still going to hold these guys until tomorrow is what she was saying in the courtroom unless something...

<p>LAS VEGAS (AP) - A federal jury in Las Vegas has refused to convict four accused gunmen in a 2014 standoff with federal authorities near the Nevada ranch of anti-government figure Cliven Bundy.</p> <p>In a verdict that stunned Bundy supporters, the jury on Tuesday acquitted Ricky Lovelien and Steven Stewart of all 10 charges against them.</p>

(Carol Bundy at :14) ...Those people saved our lives that day against the heavy handedness of our federal government. Now today 19 innocent men sit in prison because they stood for truth and righteousness and our Constitutional rights. They have been denied any and all of those precious rights. You are all witnesses to a judge and prosecuting attorneys who have no bounds and do not honor their oath of office, have total disregard for the US Constitution. There is no justice to be found in that courtroom. President Trump, you remain silent. Mr. Jeff Sessions, you said you were...

This was the fourth day technically speaking of the jury having the case in the second Bunkerville Standoff trial of four men (Eric Parker, Steven Stewart, Scott Drexler and Ricky Lovelien). But questions coming from a juror dominated activities at the courthouse today. The judge was told that two jurors were were biased with one fearful of guns and the other not just biased, but not diligently deliberating. US District Judge Gloria Navarro questioned the jurors and allowed them to go back to deliberations without being dismissed from the jury. The defense asked for a mistrial, but Judge Navarro declined....

The jurors will have the next three days off before they come back to resume deliberations in the second trial of four men accused in connection with the April 12, 2014 standoff near Bundy Ranch in Clark County, Nevada. Word is that jurors had a question today over audio portions of the videos that were presented as evidence by the prosecution. The federal government presented some of the videos without audio. The deleted audio may have portions that could harm the prosecution side of the case. Trial observer Andrea Parker expressed her view in a video posted on the "JGrady"...

The jury has finished its second day of deliberations deciding the fate of four men being tried for a second time in connection with standoff near Bundy Ranch on April 12, 2014. Eric Parker, Steven Stewart, Scott Drexler and Ricky Lovelien were not convicted in their first trial with the jury split on verdicts. US District Judge Gloria Navarro then declared a mistrial. Supporter of the four gathered outside the courthouse and staged a protest all day long. Andrea Parker put duct tape over her mouth and was handcuffed wearing a shirt with "I am Eric Parker" written on it....

John Lamb at :23) ....Something big has happened today. We actually left the court right afterwards. The judge (US District Judge Gloria Navarro) refused to listen to the defense motion that they wanted. She said 'file it' and walked off the bench. The jurors are in deliberation, extremely early. Earlier than we thought. And we need a prayer.....Outside the courtroom in the hallway we all knelt around and prayed. There's something big happening here. Andrea Parker at 1:15) The government finished their closing argument. When the judge asked the defendants if they, if they were ready to give their closing...

Andrea Parker at :30)...The actual lawyers (defense lawyers)...the lawyers put the judge back in her place saying that if they are asking..... (at :53) if they (prosecutors and judge) are trying to say that they are doing something wrong by defending their clients that the lawyers are asking for lawyers because they feel the judge is threatening them for defending their clients. (at 1:40)....At that point she asks Scott (Scott Drexler, defendant) if he wants to testify. He says 'Yes, I do want to testify. I feel that the court is forcing me to testify. She says 'You are not...

Andrea Parker speaks at :34).....These men are being bound and gagged inside the courtroom. They are not allowed to testify for their own defense.... (Parker quotes defense attorney Jess Marchese speaking to the judge inside the courtroom) at 1:03)...'These defendants have a right to testify to perjure another witnesses testimony. They are not bringing up stuff that the government didn't bring up themselves.' Andrea Parker at 1:45)....they are allowed to bring in any evidence they want to. We are not allowed to bring in evidence that proves what these guys (the defendants) are saying........

(Eric Parker speaking at :20) ....she decided that none of our witnesses were relevant. (judge) ...she basically said that the right to witnesses as not an unlimited right...(cited case where defense had 100 witnesses, Navarro allowed none here-Sixth Amendment) .....they called like 30 witnesses (prosecution) .....she decided that self-defense is not a defense in my case (Second Amendment)... ......she says that there is no self defense defense.... ......we cannot call any witnesses that would go to self defense..... ......we should be able to show the facts of what happened....she's repeatedly said the jury is the decider of the facts.... ......she...

The latest on the removal of Eric Parker from the stand.... There is no court today but court is expected again Monday in Las Vegas. Another defendant is planning to try to testify, Scott Drexler. The defense may call on the judge to declare a mistrial in the case. Supporters of the defendants are asking as many people as possible to come to either be witnesses in the courtroom or to protest outside. Ammon Bundy, still in prison with no trial date set in connection with Bunkerville (April 12, 2014) is expected to speak from prison about the trial with...

(Speaker at :05)....we're going to start with the Sixth Amendment and there is a good reason why. 'In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the State and district wherin the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for OBTAINING WITNESSES IN HIS FAVOR, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense'. Today, today...

Andrea Parker at 2:33).....The prosecution said he should not be allowed.....

ATTEMPT CAME WHILE RYAN ZINKE WAS MEETING WITH LOCAL RANCHERS DURING A TOUR OF SOUTHERN UTAH-NEVADA AREA AROUND BUNDY RANCH Brianna Bundy is the wife of Mel Bundy, one of Cliven Bundy's sons arrested in connection with the April 12, 2014 Bunkerville Standoff. Mel is jailed indefinitely without bail and still awaiting trial around 18 months now. She wrote a letter earlier this year to the new Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke. Zinke visited the area around Bundy Ranch late last month and during his visit Brianna Bundy approached the site where he was meeting with local ranchers to...