Re: 150 Militia Take Over Makhuer National Wildlife Preserve Headquarters
Monty thanks for finding that video I was trying to post or link to above. That is the one and I've edited my post.
The other video you posted is a good one too that's a recap of what they were trying to do and what went on there.
Re: 150 Militia Take Over Makhuer National Wildlife Preserve Headquarters
J Grady has poste some more videos on his channel
this one is KrisAnne Hall on the murder of LaVoy, it may have been posted earlier innthis thread.
http://youtu.be/jdsiXvgrlPw
https://youtu.be/jdsiXvgrlPw
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Come to the meeting that never was in John Day, Oregon Jan. 28, 2017
Jeanette Finicum shared LaVoy Finicum's Stand For Freedom #LibertyRising's event.
6 hrs
https://scontent.fbog2-2.fna.fbcdn.n...a3&oe=58F4D849
JAN28
The Meeting With LaVoy Finicum That Never Happened
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Gavin Seim has put the three Bundy Story videos together as one half hour video.
http://youtu.be/nNPNRmEHBb0
https://youtu.be/nNPNRmEHBb0
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Prosecution in Malhuer Protest is up against a deadline whether to continue . . . .
http://www.opb.org/news/series/burns...ion-charges-2/
Nation | Local | News | An Occupation In Eastern Oregon
Deadline Looms For 2nd Malheur Refuge Occupation Trial
by Conrad Wilson Follow OPB | Dec. 12, 2016 5:15 a.m. | Updated: Dec. 12, 2016 7:53 a.m. | Portland
http://www.opb.org/images/upload/c_l...a_o_qbwzmk.jpgA sign welcomes visitors to the Maheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County. In early 2016, a group of men and women, mostly from out of state, took over this remote bird sanctuary for 41 days.
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Federal prosecutors must decide by Monday, Dec. 12 whether to move forward with a second trial in February for those who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns earlier this year.
The trial of the seven remaining defendants is scheduled to begin in February. They’ve been charged with a felony: conspiracy to prevent federal employees from doing their jobs at the refuge.
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All 7 Defendants Found Not Guilty In Refuge Occupation Trial
It’s the same charge occupation leaders Ammon Bundy, his brother Ryan Bundy and five others beat in October when a jury acquitted them for their roles in the armed protest that played out along eastern Oregon’s high desert.The shocking verdict was a win for the patriot movement and others who believe the federal government doesn’t have the authority to own land.
Now the government must decide how — or whether — to proceed with a second trial.
Prosecutors have a few options: they can move forward with the conspiracy charge, bring new charges — likely misdemeanors — or drop the charges entirely, meaning there wouldn’t be a second Oregon trial at all.
Wes Williams, a criminal defense attorney in La Grande, said it’s likely the government will move forward with a trial for this second set of defendants.
“It would be wise however for the prosecutors to allege claims they know they can prove instead of biting off more than they can chew,” Williams said. “A good trial lawyer never shoots the moon. A good trial lawyer pleads what he or she knows they can prove.”
http://www.opb.org/images/upload/c_l...k4jr1pcvve.jpgDuane Ehmer patrols the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge complex with his horse "HellBoy."
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The defendants in the February trial include Duane Ehmer, of Irrigon, Oregon. Ehmer gained notoriety during the occupation because he rode his horse, Hellboy, around the refuge, while waving an American flag. The images were published by news organizations around the world.
Another defendant, Jason Patrick of Bonaire, Georgia, is currently acting as his own attorney. Video played during the trial this fall showed Patrick at the cutting of a refuge fence back in January with the Bundy brothers and other occupiers.
Sean and Sandy Anderson of Riggins, Idaho, are also slated to go to trial next year. The married couple were among the final four hold outs at the refuge as the occupation ended.
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US Attorney Billy Williams: Occupation Verdict 'Disappointing, Bitterly So.'
Others scheduled to go trial include Dylan Anderson of Provo, Utah; Darryl Thorn, of Marysville, Washington; and Jake Ryan of Plains, Montana.Unlike the occupation leaders, these defendants were, and have remained, largely unknown.
Given the higher profile trial this fall resulted in acquittals, prosecutors run the risk of appearing punitive should they move forward with a February trial, said Susan Mandiberg, a professor of criminal law at Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland.
“The optics aren’t great,” she said.
Mandiberg said she’s interested to see if the government alters the charges in some way.
http://www.opb.org/images/upload/c_l...f_o_fefdiy.jpgJason Patrick, seen here holding his pocket Constitution during the early days of the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, is one of seven defendants currently awaiting trial for their roles in the occupation.
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“If they go ahead with the same charges, I would certainly be looking to see if they had a different strategy for dealing with the arguments and the testimony that seemed to go against them the first time,” Mandiberg said.
Even if the charges are the same and many of the government’s witnesses and evidence remains the same that doesn’t guarantee the outcome will be the same, Mandiberg said. It’s a different jury and a different set of defendants, she said.
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Legal Experts Discuss How Oregon Standoff Jury Reached Verdict
There are other risks, though, if prosecutors move forward with a second trial.Defense attorneys have the benefit of reviewing testimony from government witnesses in court transcripts, meaning they can better prepare their cross examinations of FBI agents and others.
Martin Estrada, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Los Angeles area, said prosecutors could be concerned about this trial because it involves less culpable members of the alleged conspiracy.
“The jury is often going to wonder about that,” Estrada said. “They’re going to know that this was a larger act and incident. And they’re going to wonder where these other individuals, including the leaders, are and that can often be a detriment to the prosecution.”
Estrada said that’s an even larger issue for the government in this case because it received so much media coverage. He’s confident that just about every potential juror in Oregon knows about this case.
“It’s not something that’s going to be able to be concealed from the jury,” Estrada said. “They’re going to know about this. And it’s going to be a problem and a consideration the government’s going to have to take into account.”
At the same time, Estrada said, there’s a risk if the government just drops the charges. Part of what prosecutors are trying to do is send a message and, in this case, deter future occupations that target federal lands in the west.
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“You want to send a message that this type of crime won’t be tolerated,” he said. “What you’re dealing with in a situation like this one, with the publicity it received, the controversy it created in the community, there’s certainly an important dynamic of deterrents that the government has to be considering at this point.”Harney County residents remain divided about the 41-day occupation. Many locals supported it. Others said they agreed with the Bundy’s, but felt the occupation itself had gone too far. Still, many others deeply opposed it and say a second trial is an opportunity at justice and preventing future incidents.
“They should have a second trial because these guys committed crimes,” said Liz Appleman, a former Bureau of Land Management employee who was just elected to the Burns City Council.
“By just letting them off it means they did nothing wrong,” she said. “They need to be punished for what they did as far as I’m concerned.”
So far, 11 of the 26 who were indicted for their role in the occupation have pleaded guilty. Three of the defendants are trying to reverse their guilty pleas.
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Mrs. B Stacy video report on status of Malheur Protest defendants
http://youtu.be/-srgXgQ-f74
https://youtu.be/-srgXgQ-f74
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Jofn Lamb at the Federal Courthouse in Portland, Oregon
http://youtu.be/4TDkBlEtAsw
https://youtu.be/
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-sta...ecute_rem.html
Federal prosecutors Monday said they will bring the remaining seven Oregon standoff defendants to trial on the same conspiracy charge that led to the acquittal of the occupation leaders this fall.
In a joint status report, the prosecutors also said they'll ask to delay the Feb. 14 trial by two months and add misdemeanor charges against the defendants.
The report met a deadline set last month by U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown for the government to tell her how it would proceed with the remaining defendants. A status conference in the case is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
Six men and one woman still face trial in the 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge over government control of public land.
Defense lawyers, including Oregon's federal public defender, and some of the defendants themselves have urged prosecutors to drop all charges in the wake of across-the-board acquittals Oct. 27 of key occupation figures Ammon Bundy, brother Ryan Bundy, Shawna Cox and four others on conspiracy, weapons and other charges.
Those scheduled for trial are: Jason Patrick of Bonaire, Georgia; Duane Leo Ehmer of Irrigon; Dylan Anderson of Provo, Utah; Sean Anderson and his wife, Sandra Lynn Anderson, of Riggins, Idaho; Darryl W. Thorn of Marysville, Washington; and Jake Ryan of Plains, Montana.
Prosecutors said they also plan to continue to prosecute six of the seven on the charge of possession of a firearm in a federal facility, excluding Ehmer.
A charge of depredation of government property will remain against Jake Ryan, but be dismissed against Sean Anderson, the report said. The government also seeks a grand jury indictment on a government property depredation charge against Ehmer, Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Gabriel wrote in the report.
Ryan and Ehmer are accused of digging a trench on the refuge property.
The conspiracy, firearms and depredation charges are all felonies.
Prosecutors also plan to bring misdemeanor charges against the defendants, including allegations of trespass, tampering with vehicles and equipment and destruction of property.
"I'm surprised. It's not what I expected,'' said Andrew Kohlmetz, Patrick's standby counsel. "We've been getting ready for this trial, and I guess it's a good thing.''
But Kohlmetz said the defense lawyers oppose any delay in the date set for trial.
"It sounds like there hasn't been much that's changed. The defendants are ready to go,'' he said.
Jesse Merrithew, who represents Jake Ryan, said he thought after the Bundy acquittal that the government would drop the conspiracy charge against his client and the others.
"For Oregon's prosecutor Billy Williams to go on the record after the first trial and say he respected the verdict, yet continue to prosecute the people who are accused of conspiring with the people who were acquitted of conspiring, it just doesn't make sense,'' Merrithew said.
The addition of misdemeanor charges shouldn't affect trial preparation or set back the trial date, Merrithew said.
Prosecutors estimate it will take a week and a half to present its case at the next trial, while defense lawyers estimated that their case will take two and a half weeks.
They're seeking a delay in trial to allow more time for pre-trial motions to be heard and "to allow the publicity from the first trial to dissipate, which will aid in the empanelment of an unbiased and impartial jury,'' Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Knight wrote in a court filing Monday.
"Simply because similar acts or evidence were presented to the jury in the first trial does not mean that similar arguments are impliedly rejected for the second trial,'' Knight wrote in a legal brief, responding to Patrick's motion to dismiss his indictment. "The government is entitled to pursue any legally cognizable charges against each named defendant.''
The seven were among 26 people indicted on a conspiracy charge. Eleven others pleaded guilty to the charge, though three of those defendants have asked to withdraw their pleas. The government dropped charges against another, Pete Santilli.
-- Maxine Bernstein
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@maxoregonian
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Re: 150 Militia Take Over Makhuer National Wildlife Preserve Headquarters
Open Letter to the murders of LaVoy Finicim from last February from Kate Dalley
http://youtu.be/GiVkQMTIWIo
https://youtu.be/GiVkQMTIWIo
I’ve thought about you. All three of you, with your guns pointed at LaVoy Finicum. The video still haunts me.
I would have been the first one to give you the benefit of the doubt. I was raised around law enforcement. I know good men in law enforcement. But that changed for me, as it did thousands of Americans, with the events that unfurled in Oregon as I felt utterly stunned at what I viewed in that video.
I watched the grainy version of the video that the FBI administration released of LaVoy Finicums death, even though I knew that with our technology today, they have better, more clear footage and footage with audio from this event. But you will not release that, it is too incriminating for the FBI. They did this with purpose to deceive the public and that video would have revealed to the world your actions that day . This footage you did release, left people arguing about what they were seeing in the blurry video rather than to bring their attention to the way that three FBI agents ambushed and murdered an innocent, non-violent rancher with no criminal history. A man with a large family. A good man. A man who never threatened you.
The FBI had clearly set this up in advance with stops prepared and dozens of agents ready to end the protest because four weeks of a land rights issues protest was all the patience they could muster. The protesters had left the ranch many times before and on this day we’re headed for a meeting to inform ranchers of their rights. You knew that. You stopped the two cars and started shooting at LaVoy’s truck full of passengers- unprovoked. They never brandished a weapon against you.
Finicum told you he was driving to the Sheriffs office for protection from you. The only place he felt safe. You fired on his vehicle. You could have just followed him if you had ever intended to have a peaceful outcome. But that was never your intention. Finicum knew why the local law enforcement wasn’t invited to this event- why the local Sheriff was intentionally kept at bay- Finicum feared what you would do to him with no local oversight. The Sheriff of Grant County, just over the county line where you ambushed him, valued Constitutional rights and Finicum knew the Sheriff would never approve of an ambush on the highway and and execution of a protester.
A tax-paying citizen who loved America could not trust you and fled for his life because he knew you could murder him and get away with it. Let that sink in.
When Finicum got out of his vehicle with his hands up, within seconds you gathered around him and shot him in the back.
You shot him him in the back.
Who would carry out such a cowardly deed? Who would follow orders to shoot a rancher with his hands up and shoot him in the back seconds after getting out of his vehicle? The three of you would do this. What were you thinking? How do you reconcile this in your head and in your heart?
No talking? Not one attempt at a peaceful negotiation? At the refuge all he did was talk to you, never threatened you. His hands were UP. Did your conscience allow you to shoot him without any reservation? After his lifeless body dropped into the snow, you cared so little for this fellow citizen that you walked around his body and didn’t check for a pulse for 15 minutes? Why? Because of your guilt or because you had such little regard for him or for human life in general? Both of those answers are equally terrifying to me.
Moments later you shot rounds of ammunition into Finicum’s truck with scared women inside screaming for help- trying to surrender. You threw gas cans inside the vehicle. Is this how you do it now? Are you sincerely okay with this? Look at what you have become. By a miracle they survived.
I wonder what has happened to my America where you could easily tell the good guys from the bad guys. Are you mercenaries now? Carrying out executions on demand? Have you realized yet that you did the bidding of a government that is seeking to violate the property rights and steal the land of your fellow citizens? Do you realize that you are a citizen and that these ranchers were standing up for YOUR rights, too? Or have you not realized this.
Most Americans won’t take the time to do the research to find out that you shot him in the back before he ever reached for his stomach – the area where you shot him. And your bosses instructed the media to tell everyone he reached for a gun to justify this cowardly act of murder on a fellow citizen. What a pathetic cover-up for your actions that day.
I’m asking all three of you who carried out the execution of Finicum, to RESIGN.
Resign, because I have to know that you will never be allowed to act with force again. I have to know that men like you would not be allowed to continue on as FBI agents. If you are rewarded for this dastardly act, I will lose all faith in our justice system.
We need men with a conscience and a soul in law enforcement.
We need good men who are there to protect the citizens rights. Your fellow men.
You took an oath to defend the Constitution. Did you understand this oath when you excitedly repeated its words to get your badge? It wasn’t a promise. It was an oath. An oath to protect and to serve- us. LaVoy was one of US.
Are you going to protect us or are you going to protect orders? Even if those orders compel you to disregard someone’s Constitutional rights in the most brazen and corrupt and evil way? Was this you “just doing your job”, so that you could end their protest?
Millions of people have died as a result of those ” just doing their job”. Under Hitler. Under Stalin. Is this who you have become? Shooting someone with their hands up because you were told to?
You can no longer hide behind the lie that you felt threatened enough to shoot him dead. With a dozen or more of you ready to attack him, the only one that felt threatened was Finicum, I assure you. You murdered an innocent man. The salt of the earth. A man who would have stood up for you and who would have respected you. A man who would have shaken your hand and talked to about his love for America. You killed him.
Let me ask you this. In all of your years in the FBI, how many ranchers have ever threatened you or have drawn weapons on you? I’m guessing the thugs you deal with everyday do not include ranchers and farmers.
How many ranchers over the years have left their working farms, to protest over the stealing of another ranchers land and imprisonment? I’m guessing probably none.
Here’s the difficult question. After decades of government abuse to rancher’s property rights, how many ranchers have YOU defended, or aided, or stood for- because you did take an oath to defend the Constitutional rights of those in your care. I am going to guess that you have never stood for any of these men against the abuse of the government. You have become pawns. You are protecting the governments special interests, not the people’s.
Resign, so I can sleep at night with some of my faith in America restored.
Resign, so I can tell my kids to respect the FBI.
Resign, because I need to know there are not monsters out there with guns and badges that will do anything they are told to do, like killing innocent Americans, because we could be next.
Resign.
You may be a fellow citizen, but you are not my fellow American.
