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The Cowboy Who Loved Too Much by Amy J. Farley
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The Cowboy Who Loved Too Much
By Amy J. Farley
There once was a cowboy who loved too much
He raised his children in the Lord's loving touch
But his heart not full, his bounds uncontained
Raised hurt boys others wouldn't claim
His life was good yet his heart still wasn't full
So he adopted us all, and in Oregon he stood
He taught us to be free and to stand up to wrong
To take up for the weak and be the one strong
His voice was soft, gentle and kind
Every word was true, is what we would find
So making a stand with more cowboys in tow
For the People's Rights he wanted to show
But some folks didn't like this soft-spoken rebel
"He wants to change things!" And they began to meddle
And so, as the Cowboy rode to save the day
Those bad folks had found a way
To silence the gentle cowboy they hated to their soul
"Kill him!", they whispered so no one would know
As he rode to town they planned their attack
They shot him three times, all in the back
The corrupt cheered for they had silenced the man
With a quick smile and a hat in his hand
Oh, but no! You've only fueled our fire
For now we know who are the liars
The Cowboy's heart is finally full
As he nestles deep in the Lamb's wool
And we shall struggle to prove to them all
What the truth is and how to stand tall
"And now abideth faith, hope, *charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity." I Corinthians 13:13
*Love*
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Re: 150 Militia Take Over Makhuer National Wildlife Preserve Headquarters
Kelli Stewart say she just herard court for tomorrow turned into an emergency meeting today,
Kelli Stewart
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I just found out the court hearing for tomorrow turned into an emergency meeting that was held today instead...if I'm understanding correctly, there will not be any court tomorrow now in Portland. It sounds like this was regarding the new charges and the right to a jury trial. If anyone has updates please let me know and I'll share them so people don't show up tomorrow expecting court. All I've heard so far is that a 13 page rebuttal from the defense was submitted and the prosecution was playing very dirty.
thanks! Sandy Anderson III Lindsay Brewster Szymanski John Lamb Sage Templar Ehmer Roxsanna Ryan
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Jeannette Finicum's wrongful deat lawsuit will claim excessive force and improper police procedures
https://www.itmattershowyoustand.com...it-will-claim/
Excessive force, improper police procedures led to LaVoy Finicum’s death, lawsuit will claim
Posted on January 26, 2017 by Doug Knowles
A federal civil rights lawsuit in the death of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum will allege that Oregon State Police and the FBI used excessive force in a confrontation that could have ended peacefully, the Finicum family's lawyer says.The family also will contend that improper police procedures and lack of communication between state police and FBI agents at the scene contributed to Finicum's shooting death, said attorney Brian Claypool.
The Jan. 26, 2016 police stop of Finicum, 54, a leader of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation, was an "unnecessary escalation,'' Claypool said.
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Robert 'LaVoy' Finicum's widow returns to Oregon a year after he was shot
Jeanette Finicum plans to hold a community meeting in John Day, the town her husband was going to speak at when he was killed. His family wants to share LaVoy's concerns about mismanagement of public lands by the federal government
Finicum, a rancher from Canes Bed, Arizona, raced away from a police stop on U.S. 395 as he was on his way to a community meeting in John Day. He crashed into the side of a snowbank to avoid a police roadblock.
The suit will allege that the FBI fired at Finicum "when he's getting out of his car to surrender," Claypool said. "What's critical is he's not even out of his door and there are gunshots blowing through his windows. That's excessive force 101.''
Slow-motion video of gunshot FBI allegedly lied about in LaVoy Finicum confrontation
The FBI shots didn't strike Finicum. Two state troopers moments later fired shots at Finicum as police said he reached at least twice into the inside of his jacket to grab for his loaded handgun. He died from three shots to the back.
The attorney must send one more notice - to the FBI -- before the wrongful death suit can be filed in federal court, he said. He expects to do so by Friday or early next week. He already has filed a notice of the family's intent to sue with state police. Once the FBI notice is denied as anticipated, the family can move forward with the suit, he said.
The lawsuit will likely ask for about $5 million in damages for Finicum's widow and each of their 12 children, Claypool said.
Oregon authorities found the state police shooting justified. The FBI's shots and alleged coverup remain under investigation.
"Mr. Finicum repeatedly and knowingly made choices that put him in this situation," said Harney County District Attorney Tim Colahan last March. "It was not the outcome that any of us wanted but one he, alone, is responsible for."
-- Maxine Bernstein
mbernstein@oregonian.com
503-221-8212
@maxoregonian
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Anniversary of a Patriot's Murder - call it what it is
http://libertynewsdaily.com/blog-348...y-of-a-patriot
Anniversary of a Patriot’s Passing
Jan 26, 2017
January 26 marks the anniversary of the shooting death of Utah rancher Robert LaVoy Finicum, who was killed by operators from the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team and Oregon State Police troopers in an ambush on Oregon’s Highway 395. A member of an activist group called Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, Finicum had participated in the month-long protest occupation of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County. At the time of the ambush, he was part of a convoy of vehicles ferrying activists to John Day, the seat of Grant County. They planned to meet with Sheriff Grant Palmer and conduct a town hall meeting.
If the objective had been to arrange the peaceful arrest of Finicum – along with Ammon and Aaron Bundy and their colleagues – Sheriff Palmer should have been informed, and tasked to take them into custody. However, Oregon’s ultra-liberal Governor Kate Brown and the FBI deliberately withheld that information from Sheriff Palmer, whom they regarded as a “security risk” because of his critical posture toward federal overreach within his jurisdiction.
After Finicum refused to stop at a checkpoint, his vehicle was illegally fired upon by FBI snipers as it approached a second barrier. At least one shot was fired at him as he emerged from the vehicle, and he was gunned down in a cross-fire seconds later. His killers claim that he was reaching for a handgun.
An investigation by former Malheur County DA Dan Norris ruled that the shooting by Oregon State Police officers was justified – but he pointedly did not clear the FBI’s HRT operators of wrongdoing.
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Cope Reynold's tribute to LaVoy Finicum
https://www.facebook.com/Desertscout...08659762038135
Cope Reynolds
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Well, it's still 26 January 2017 where I am and I feel the need to get a statement out on this, the first anniversary of LaVoy Finicum's murder.
LaVoy was one of the very finest men I have ever known. "Finest" meaning he was compassionate, spiritual, fair, firm, articulate, patient, loving and fiercely patriotic.
I believe with all my heart that LaVoy has educated more people in the ways of the Constitution and caused more patriots to sit back take a hard look at their individual attitudes and activities than probably any other one man. LaVoy Finicum's name was and is probably as well known in the patriot community across the country and, in fact, around the world as George Washington's.
LaVoy did his best to emulate Christ in everything he did and it showed. He had that glow about him that is only present on exceedingly righteous and spiritual people. LaVoy was loved by everyone that knew him and is now loved by many thousands of people that have never even met him. LaVoy's teachings, personality and attitude manifest themselves in his amazing wife and family. Watching this family should make most all of us sit back and reflect on our relationships with our own families. I know it sure has had that effect on me.
Comparatively speaking, I didn't really know LaVoy that long but I was incredibly fortunate to be able spend quite a bit time in his home with him and his family and a good bit of one-on-one time with him both at my home and his and out at his ranch.
All that being said, I also have to tell you that LaVoy had his faults. He was guilty of sharing his unrivaled knowledge of the Constitution and all that goes along with it. Particularly on land rights. He was caught red-handed spending countless hours educating all that would listen to him. Be assured that many, many people listened to LaVoy. For that, my friend and brother was sentenced to death.
LaVoy was executed because he was capturing people's hearts and minds. He was making multitudes of people aware of their rights. Enlightening them about the uncontrolled overreach of certain federal agencies. The powers that be could not and would not tolerate that. LaVoy Finicum HAD to be stopped! An illegal, inescapable road block was implemented on a lonely stretch of remote highway and LaVoy, while drawing fire away from other innocents in his vehicle, was shot in the back three times by cowards. Murdered by those that have sworn to "protect and serve". Shot down in cold blood with his hands in the air in surrender.
And so the teachings of LaVoy Finicum came to an abrupt halt on a cold, snowy morning in Oregon with LaVoy face down in the snow. Or did they?
No, not even close! In fact it was just the opposite. The message of liberty and truth spread like wildfire across the fruited plains. LaVoy's name became a household word from border to border and coast to coast. They should have left him alone. The people of these united States, we the people, are on fire now. LaVoy got just what he wanted.
Few men have ever had more to live for than LaVoy Finicum. A lovely, caring wife, beautiful family and a small ranch in northern Arizona. What more could a man ask for? But a rogue, power-hungry, out of control government agency would have none of it. It all began when LaVoy rode with the Bundys then it escalated when the BLM started taking his water and trying to push him off his ranch. They awakened a sleeping giant. They pushed LaVoy into making hard decisions that would affect every aspect of his life and ultimately bring it to an end.
Be assured that myself and many, many, many others like me will NEVER forget and never forgive what was done to my dear friend, my brother in arms and my brother in Christ and his family. I loved LaVoy like a blood brother and love his family as my own.
This is not the final chapter. The people will continue LaVoy's fight and continue to spread his message.
They should have just left him alone.
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Anna J. Brown rules lesser charges won't be heard by a jury
Quote:
"The Court notes Congress explicitly intended the trial of petty offenses to be tried to the court, and expressly permitted magistrate judges to conduct such trials in order to facilitate their efficient resolution without the process associated with a jury trial,” Brown wrote in her ruling.
Here it is Folks, Per Dr. Trowbridge, her oath is to Congress and its statutes, not to the Constitution.
http://www.opb.org/news/series/burns...emeanor-judge/
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In Blow To Prosecutors, Judge Rules Jury Won't Hear Lesser Charges In 2nd Malheur Trial
by Conrad Wilson Follow OPB | Jan. 26, 2017 5:22 p.m. | Portland
U.S. District Court Judge Anna Brown ruled Thursday the misdemeanor charges defendants face in the second Malheur National Wildlife Refuge trial won’t be heard by the jury, but rather in a separate trial before a judge.
“The Court notes Congress explicitly intended the trial of petty offenses to be tried to the court, and expressly permitted magistrate judges to conduct such trials in order to facilitate their efficient resolution without the process associated with a jury trial,” Brown wrote in her ruling.
The ruling is a blow to prosecutors who will effectively litigate the same case using the same felony charges on which they lost last fall, when a jury acquitted Ammon Bundy and six others.
Prosecutors announced in December they were not only moving forward with a second trial slated for February, but they would add misdemeanor charges, such as trespassing and destruction of property. Prosecutors wanted to give the jury more charges to consider as they weigh the evidence and try and prevent a repeat of last fall’s stunning acquittal.
In addition to the misdemeanors, the seven remaining defendants are facing the original felony charges: conspiracy to impede federal employees from doing their jobs at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Some of the defendants have also been charged with carrying a weapon in a federal facility.
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US Attorney Billy Williams: Occupation Verdict 'Disappointing, Bitterly So.'
“In light of the fact that 18 citizen jurors will already be devoting an extraordinary amount of time to their jury service, the Court finds adding unnecessary duties to their service is not warranted,” Brown wrote in her order.
She said she plans to oversee the misdemeanor trial at the same time as the felony trial.
In a separate ruling Thursday, Brown said she would not be allowing evidence concerning the acquittals to be presented at the second trial.
“Admitting evidence related to the verdicts following the September 7, 2016, trial would be confusing and necessarily would require the jury to consider (and likely to guess) which evidence or aspect of the government’s case the jury in the prior trial found insufficient,” Brown wrote.
While evidence about the acquittals is now unlikely to come up at trial, Brown did rule last week that Ammon Bundy would be allowed to testify on behalf of the defense at the second trial.
Bundy is currently being held at a federal detention center in Nevada as he awaits a trial there for his role in the 2014 armed standoff near his father Cliven Bundy’s ranch.
The occupation of the Malheur refuge near Burns lasted 41 days. Jury selection in the second trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 14.
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Robert LaVoy Finicum's widow returns to Oregon a year after he was shot.
Maxine Bernstein article with her left wing spin
https://www.itmattershowyoustand.com...r-he-was-shot/
Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum’s widow returns to Oregon a year after he was shot
Posted on January 26, 2017 by Doug Knowles
http://youtu.be/kmaJkt-pyqc
By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
A year ago, Jeanette Finicum was watching her daughter's basketball game at Fredonia High School when she overheard something about a shooting in Oregon.
She had just returned to Arizona from a weekend visit with her husband at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, where Robert "LaVoy" Finicum had become the spokesman for the armed takeover.
She grabbed her cellphone, dialed her husband's number but didn't get an answer. A short time later, she got a call from Lisa Bundy, the wife of refuge occupation leader Ammon Bundy.
"She told me LaVoy had been killed,'' Jeanette Finicum recalled this week. "It was horrific. They stopped the game. His mother and father and brother, my daughter were all there.''
The family left the gym and gathered in a school hallway. Local officers at the game to watch their own daughters play accompanied the Finicums to the police station to try to learn what had happened.
Oregon State Police had shot and killed LaVoy Finicum, 54, after he sped away from a police stop on snow-covered U.S. 395 about 20 miles north of Burns as he and others left the refuge on Jan. 26, 2016.
Jeanette Finicum has returned to Oregon this week to gather supporters in John Day - the city where her husband was headed to speak at a town hall about the refuge seizure and the protest against federal control of public land when he died.
Saturday's meeting comes as questions remain a year later about the FBI's role in the confrontation. Jeanette Finicum said she intends to file a wrongful death lawsuit. In a notice of her intention to sue the Oregon State Police, FBI and other law enforcement agencies, she alleges negligence and violation of her husband's civil rights.
"I don't know if they'll hold anyone accountable unless we pursue that,'' she said.
http://youtu.be/Qwo1MEYfUsc
That day, LaVoy Finicum swerved into a snowbank to avoid a police roadblock. He emerged from his white truck, stumbled on top of the snowbank and was shot three times in the back as investigators said he tried to reach into his jacket at least two times to grab a loaded 9mm pistol.
The fatal shooting of Finicum and arrest of Ammon Bundy and other key occupation figures marked the beginning of the end of the refuge seizure.
Officers fired eight gunshots that night. The district attorney in neighboring Malheur County, charged with overseeing the investigation, found that state police fired six times, including three shots that struck Finicum. He ruled the state police shooting was justified.
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Excessive force, improper police procedures led to LaVoy Finicum's death, lawsuit will claim
The Finicum family attorney, Brian Claypool, plans to send a notice of the claim to the FBI by Friday or early next week. Once the FBI notice is denied as anticipated, the family can file the lawsuit in federal court.
A federal investigation continues into two shots fired by an FBI agent the moment Finicum emerged from his truck - one hit the roof of the truck and one went astray. Oregon investigators believe that members of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team at the scene picked up shell casings to hide the shots and have lied about what happened, according to court records, investigative reports and law enforcement sources.
A federal grand jury has convened as part of the federal inquiry. Part of the challenge has been determining which of the FBI agents fired the shots.
Oregon investigators continue to interview members of the Hostage Rescue Team and potential witnesses, according to the Deschutes County Sheriff. The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General, along with the U.S. Attorney's Office, are leading the inquiry.
http://youtu.be/_CN90dAbC5Y
Jeanette Finicum said the John Day gathering will serve to honor her husband. She'll introduce her children, she said, but added, "This isn't about us, the Finicum family. This is about our liberties that are being lost in lots of different ways.''
Among the speakers are one of Ammon Bundy's lawyers, J. Morgan Philpot, who's now representing Jeanette Finicum in a dispute over grazing fees with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Also invited is KrisAnne Hall, a radio talk show host and prominent Tea Party figure, and Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer, but it's not clear if Palmer will show.
Grant County logger Tad Houpt, who met Jeanette Finicum last year at the makeshift memorial that sprung up at the site where her husband was killed, rented out the pavilion at the John Day Fairgrounds for the gathering.
Houpt owns about 400 acres near Canyon City, just south of John Day. He said he's still cleaning up from the 2015 Canyon Creek Fire that destroyed two of his homes and decimated much of his timber.
He visited the refuge during last winter's occupation to find out for himself what was going on and invited Ammon Bundy, his brother, Ryan Bundy, and others to John Day for the community meeting.
Houpt said he's angry over what he calls government's mismanagement of forestlands that he believes helped fuel the Canyon Creek Fire. He also was disturbed by the return to federal prison of Harney County ranchers Dwight Hammond Jr. and his son, Steven Hammond, last year to serve out five-year mandatory minimum sentences for setting fire to public land.
"The federal government is a very poor neighbor in eastern Oregon,'' Houpt said.
About 450 tickets have been sold for Saturday's event. The Pavilion has a 999-person capacity, Fairgrounds Manager Mindy Winegar said. Grant County Judge Scott W. Myers signed off on the rental.
"We have no intention of interfering with someone's right to assemble and their right to free speech,'' Myers said.
Jeanette Finicum testified for the defense at last year's trial of the Bundy brothers and five others - all acquitted on federal conspiracy charges in the occupation.
She maintains her husband "wasn't trying to avoid authorities" when he fled in his truck on Jan. 26, 2016, but simply wanted to make it to John Day to see Grant County's sheriff.
She said she's thankful for the support her family has received in the past year.
"I hope people are inspired in their own ways to move forward the cause of liberty in a positive, respectful peaceful manner,'' she said.
-- Maxine Bernstein
mbernstein@oregonian.com
503-221-8212
@maxoregonian
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Judge Anna Brown denies Darryl Thorn motion to suppress his statements to FBI Agents - - Don't talk to cops.
https://www.itmattershowyoustand.com...super-8-motel/
FBI agent testifies about arrest of Oregon standoff defendant Darryl Thorn at Redmond Super 8 Motel
Posted on January 27, 2017 by Doug Knowles
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By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Oregon standoff defendant Darryl Thorn, arrested by a team of FBI SWAT officers in the breakfast bar of a Redmond Super 8 Motel, claimed the agents used excessive force by slapping the coffee cup out of his hand and taking him to the ground.Thorn also wanted a judge to suppress statements he made to agents on the drive to their Bend office.
During the ride, Thorn said he could have fought off the agents with his training from Russian special forces if he hadn't been outnumbered, FBI agents noted in their reports.
On Friday, FBI Special Agent Troy Nicoll testified about the arrest.
Nicoll was riding in an FBI surveillance van that pulled up to the front of the motel when the agents got word Thorn was in the lobby about 9:05 a.m. on Feb. 11, the day that the final four holdouts at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge surrendered to authorities after a 41-day occupation.
"Darryl?'' Nicoll asked as he approached Thorn in the continental breakfast area. Five other agents entered the lobby as well.
Thorn looked at Nicoll. "FBI, you're under arrest,'' Nicoll told him.
Thorn turned around holding a cup of coffee in his right hand.
Nicoll grabbed Thorn's left arm while FBI agent Jason Newport slapped the coffee cup out of Thorn's hand for "officer safety,'' Nicoll testified.
Asked by federal prosecutor Geoffrey Barrow why, Nicoll explained that coffee is a hot drink and could be thrown in the agents' direction.
"Like into my face,'' blurted Thorn, who was listening to the hearing by phone from Washington state.
Thorn was scheduled to fly to Portland for the hearing but missed a ride to the airport, his lawyer, Marc Friedman, told the judge.
At the motel, the agents tried to gain control of Thorns arms, but he reached toward his waistband, Nicoll testified. They took Thorn to the ground. One agent put a knee into his back to handcuff his hands behind his back.
Agents searched Thorn and found no weapon.
They raised Thorn to his feet, and he was bleeding from a 1-inch cut to his left eyebrow. Friedman presented FBI photos of the injury to the court.
Nicoll testified that he was surprised to see the injury but suspected it occurred when the agents took Thorn to the floor.
Thorn was placed against a wall and claimed his arrest was illegal and that the FBI "only had jurisdiction within ten square miles of Washington, D.C,'' according to FBI agent Daniel Baringer's report.
During the approximately 15-minute ride in a six-passenger van to the FBI Bend office, Thorn told agents there are thousands of members of his movement who are educated to rise up and replace each other, according to the agents' reports.
"You guys are going to have your hands full,'' the FBI reports quoted Thorn saying.
Thorn made some remark about "an eye for any eye'' and claimed the agents "took one of ours.'' Thorn said he was trained by a member of the Russian Spetsnaz and could have fought them off if it hadn't been six against one, the FBI said.
FBI agents had medical workers respond to their Bend office, but Thorn declined any treatment for his injury, Nicoll said.
Thorn, who is out of custody on pretrial release and living in the Spokane area, is one of seven defendants set for trial next month. He's pleaded not guilty to the felony charges of conspiracy to impede federal employees at the wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon through intimidation, threats or force, and possession of a firearm in a federal facility.
He's also pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of trespass and two counts of tampering with vehicles and equipment at the refuge, including a government front-end loader and an all-terrain vehicle.
Thorn's lawyer argued that the agents' actions were excessive and intended to "incite a reaction'' from his client, and that's exactly what they achieved.
Barrow countered that agents acted appropriately. Thorn was defiant from the start, questioning the agents' authority and reached with his hands toward his waistband, Barrow said.
U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown agreed with the government, finding no facts to support Thorn's position and denied his motion to suppress his statements.
She noted that even during Friday's court proceeding, Thorn "is one to speak up'' without any prodding.
-- Maxine Bernstein
mbernstein@oregonian.com
503-221-8212
@maxoregonian
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