Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher

[Neuro]

Ryan Bundy and his brother Ammon were not at the hearing today. They did not participate in the ‘strip search’ before leaving the Pahrump facilities. Additionally, they did not take part in the hearing via telephone. We were told that they had the phones made available to them, yet they chose not to participate in this manner.

A Faretta hearing had been scheduled today for Ryan Bundy, in which it would be determined if he was competent to represent himself in this case. That hearing was rescheduled for Friday, Oct. 6th.

Judge Gloria Navarro made it clear today that if these two defendants were not in attendance, either in person or by telephone, she would take that as a waiving of their rights. Navarro would expect to rule that Ryan would not be allowed to represent himself as he will be showing that he cannot follow the rules of the court.

So don't allow them to come to the court, and thus they are deemed to being incompetent in representing themselves?

I have no idea if this is what happened, but it could be how they wrap it up.

The heart of the injustice system...

[monty]

Only the accused received severe injuries, govt. personell none.


Bunkerville Protest: Severe Injuries Only To The Accused


October 4, 2017 BLM, Constitution, Featured

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The Bunkerville Protest:
A One Way Street With Severe Injuries Only To The Accused

by Loren Edward Pearce

Recently, I spoke with Angie Bundy, wife of Ryan Bundy, about the people who were physically injured, abused and emotionally harassed by agents of the federal government.

The federal government has sought to suppress any evidence of the injuries and harm done to the accused defendants, while at the same time, present witnesses, testimony and evidence that showed harm done to the government agents who were simply “doing their jobs” in events related to Bunkerville.

SAVED FROM THE FRYING PAN, ONLY TO BE THROWN INTO THE FIRE

Margaret Houston, sister to Cliven Bundy, is shown in a video being grabbed by an agent of the federal government and thrown to the ground. Margaret is a grandmother and mother of several children.

The agent claims that he was trying to protect Margaret from being hit by the government truck. However, the video unequivocally, and without any doubt, shows that the agent used unnecessary and excessive force on Margaret. In football, the tackle of Margaret by the agent would be considered “roughing the passer".

If Margaret would have been the mother or a loved one of the agent, it can be guaranteed that he would not have used that kind of force on someone he cared about in the attempt to protect that person from being hit by the truck. The agent could have saved a person he cared about in a way that assured that she was not saved from the frying pan only to be thrown into the fire.

Defense attorneys sought to have Margaret testify to show the excessive force used, and the judge, at the urging of her prosecutor team, denied the defense request, claiming that Margaret’s testimony and the video, were not relevant to the case.

TASERED THREE TIMES

Ammon Bundy, son of Cliven Bundy, was also seen on video as he challenged the government agents on the need to tear down and haul away ranch property, including water installations.
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Ammon Bundy was tasered by Bureau of Land Management officers during a protest near Bunkerville, NV in 2014 (John Locher/AP)
With no firearms or weapons on any of the protesters, well armed federal agents used attack dogs on the protesters. On the video, it can be seen that the attack dog attempted to bite Ammon, without any justified provocation. In self-defense, Ammon kicked the dog. At that point, the federal agent shot Ammon with a taser. Ammon grabbed the taser and tore it out of his chest. The agent tasered Ammon two more times although Ammon had not demonstrated any aggression, and with each attack, Ammon refused to go down and tore the taser hooks out of his body. It appears that the subsequent taser attacks were out of spite because the agent wanted to see Ammon go down.
In photos, Ammon shows the injuries from the tasers.

USING THEIR BOOTS, AGENTS GRIND HIS FACE INTO THE GRAVEL

Angie Bundy was eye witness to the attack on Dave Bundy.

Angie explains that Dave Bundy, along with other family members were instructed by Cliven Bundy to take cameras to a places where they might find federal agents stealing private property, including water installations.

Cliven gave clear instructions to do nothing to provoke the agents and to silently film the activities of the federal agents from a public place, according to their first amendment right to do so.

Not knowing for sure where the agents would emerge onto the highway from the ranch property, Dave Bundy chose an access road on the highway from Bunkerville to Riverside, Nevada. Dave parked his car legally on the shoulder, and as he speculated, the agents did eventually come onto the highway from the access road with trucks full of private property.

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Davey Bundy
Upon seeing Dave filming them, agents are shown on film commanding Dave to cease filming and to leave the area. Without answering them and remaining silent, Dave stood his ground and continued filming.

Thanks to a dashcam video that was part of discovery and was leaked to the public, the agents can be heard threatening Dave.

At the same time, a white van with Ryan and Angie Bundy and their two daughters, can be seen stopping to check on Dave. The agents threaten Ryan that he will be arrested if tries to intervene and he is ordered to leave.

Angie said at the same time, the agents attacked Dave and brought him to the ground, grinding his face into the gravel on the dirt shoulder. Angie said that her daughters became hysterical as they witnessed their uncle being beat up by federal agents. For their welfare, Ryan chose to drive away following the attack on Dave.

Angie said that Dave never said a word. Contrary to later accusations by the government, Dave never cussed, swore at or threatened the agents. He remained silent throughout the attack.

It is important to note that the government’s “clear and convincing evidence of dangerousness” that was used under the unconstitutional Bail Reform Act to justify the over 600 days of pretrial, non-conviction imprisonment, is clearly rebutted and refuted by the actions of Dave and Ryan Bundy that day. The instinctual reaction of any decent person would be to intervene on behalf of a loved one who has done nothing wrong and who is being abused by other people, regardless of their uniform or their alleged authority. Ryan controlled those instincts and drove away, further testimony to his non-violent tendencies.

Angie went on to say that accusations by the government that Dave Bundy posted on social media that he would like to get even with the agent who ground his face in the gravel, is false. It was those false accusations that the government used to get him over 600 days of pretrial, non-conviction prison.

ILLEGAL AND UNNECESSARY FORCE IN MOAPA, NEVADA

Angie revealed that there was an incident in which some young men, the Kelly brothers, were found within the restricted boundaries that the government agents had set up. Angie explained that the government had set up a restricted area covering many thousands of acres. Local residents and uninformed visitors, like these young men, did not know where these boundaries were nor that there was a restricted area.

Upon being caught by agents, some of the young men were roughed up in the process of being arrested. From the video, one can say that the injuries to one of the young men, the bruises and abrasions on the face, are almost identical to what happened to Dave Bundy. Angie says that, of the injuries sustained to the several protesters, Dave’s and the young man in Moapa sustained the most serious injuries.

Video by Shawna Cox, April 2014

INTENTIONAL LIES PROPOGATED BY THE GOVERNMENT
CREATES EXTREME STRESS AND EMOTIONAL INJURY

Angie referred to an incident in which Ryan and other family members, including their daughters, drove up to Richfield, Utah where an auction was being held to sell the confiscated cattle. The plan was to exercise their right to peaceably assemble and to protest.

To assure that there was no problem, they called the sheriff and told him about their plans. He gave them clear instructions what they could do and not do to avoid run afoul of the law. They told him they would abide by his instructions.

At the auction, one of Ryan’s daughters had to use the restroom. Ryan took her to the auction office and without saying anything other than a greeting to office staff, the daughter used the restroom.

However, the government, in their attempt to justify the pretrial, pre-conviction imprisonment of Ryan, claimed that he threatened the auctioneer if he followed through with the sale of the cattle. Angie said that she may be compelled to have her daughter get on the witness stand to testify under oath that there were no threats made to anybody and that their intent was to peacefully protest the sale according to the instructions of the sheriff.

We have seen numerous other examples of lies used by the prosecution to assure that they win, at all costs, even at the expense of the truth. These intentional lies and deceptions create extreme distress and emotional suffering because:

1. It shatters our sense of security because the government is supposed to be our servant and protector.
2. The government, like a bully, creates extreme feelings of fear and terror due to their size, their power and their resources.
3. The government, due to their resources, controls the public narrative and can lie with impunity because the public trusts the government, leaving its victims in a state of hopelessness and helplessness.

EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL DISTRESS AND SUFFERING

Angie revealed that during the April, 2014 incidents, she was about 4 months pregnant. At that time, she began to show signs of a miscarriage. She went to see her doctor and after a thorough examination, the doctor said that the baby was healthy and that there was no physical explanation for her miscarriage. He said that the only explanation would be severe stress. He told Angie she would need to avoid severe stress.

Angie said that the stress of seeing Dave Bundy beat up, hearing agents threaten her husband Ryan, seeing snipers pointing guns at her vehicle with children inside and many other stressful factors generated by the government, she almost lost her baby who was born the following October.

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Angie related how her family had a tradition to meet at the ranch house to watch LDS general conference. Ryan called his dad, Cliven, to ask if they could come and watch with the family. Cliven paused and was silent. Ryan was surprised and asked his dad what was wrong. Cliven, who was normally thrilled to have family visit, was subdued and told Ryan that there were snipers posted on the hills surrounding the ranch house and it could be dangerous for the children. He said that the house was under surveillance and that things were very stressful. Ryan was incredulous and said that he had to come and see for himself.

Angie said that Cliven was having blood pressure problems from all the stress caused by the government.
Angie said that they could see the snipers watching them while the children played nearby. During the abuse of Dave Bundy on the side of the road, she could see the snipers with guns trained on them and had Ryan gotten out of the vehicle, he would probably have been shot.

Ryan was later shot at the illegal roadblock and still has the bullet lodged in his shoulder. Angie said that the focus has been on whether LaVoy reached for a gun or not. But the government had zero excuse to shoot at the passengers, with or without lethal rounds.

ABUSE AGAINST LOCAL CITIZENS

The government has tried to make a case of fear and endangerment caused by the Bundys and the protesters that came to Bunkerville. But the facts deny the lies perpetrated by the government. The truth is that the protesters were peaceful, never used profanity nor threats against the government.

Additionally, Angie points out that the fear and stress imposed on neighbors and locals was palpable and abusive. Friends of theirs who, for years, walked their dog along the highway, the same highway where Dave Bundy was beat up, were also harassed by government agents for walking their dog on a public highway.

CONCLUSION

Voltaire said that it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. If people continue to hold to the idea that government is always right and that it usually occupies the moral high ground, then these kinds of one-way street abuses will continue.
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[monty]

Dan Love on the Bundy Evidentiary hearing witness list

Dan Love on Witness List for Hearing


IT IS VITAL TO FIND OUT WHAT THE BLM WAS HIDING.

October 5, 2017 BLM, FBI, Featured 3

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Dan Love on Witness List for Hearing

by Shari Dovale

During the October 3^rd Calendar call for the Bunkerville Protest trial, defendant Ryan Payne asked for, and was granted, an evidentiary hearing surrounding the shredding of documents pertaining to the Gold Butte Impoundment Operation.

As part of the hearing, Payne has requested to subpoena several witnesses, including Special Agent in Charge Daniel P. Love.

During the previous trials, Judge Gloria Navarro has upheld the government’s hiding of the discredited SAC Love and refused to allow him to be called in her courtroom. However, an evidentiary hearing is a bit different, specifically in that the jury will not be witnessing the testimony.

It will be interesting if she will order Love to testify, and whether she will attempt to control what the defense will ask him.

Daniel Love was found to have violated federal ethics rules by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). However, it was his testimony to the Grand Jury that was the driving factor for the indictments against the Bunkerville defendants.
When the investigation began, Judge Gloria Navarro ruled that Love could not be asked to testify. She does not want any evidence of government misconduct to be presented to the jury.

The government has already been shown to be less than ethical, and the court has backed them up on all of their bad behavior.

The shredding of documents has been glossed over by the prosecution, yet it is vital to find out what the BLM was hiding. The court seems to think that testimony of those that committed this offense, saying it was nothing important, should be a given for the jury.

Part of the jury’s job is to weigh the credibility of all the witnesses. However, the court has made every attempt to force the jury to see things their way. The jury has not been fooled, as yet, and I don’t think this latest ruse by the prosecution will change their opinion.

ICP communications director Toni Suminski is also being asked to testify. Suminski testified previously that she had shredded garbage bags full of documents concerning Operation Gold Butte saying it was “routine” for her to do that.
Additionally, Suminski testified that certain recordings of transmissions between agents were lost after the the hard drive running the recording software had mysteriously come un-plugged during the protest on April 12, 2014.

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Ryan Bundy files a DEMAND that JudgemGloria Navarro recuse herself

Bunkerville Standoff: Motion to Recuse Gloria Navarro


NAVARRO HAS DENIED AT LEAST 95% OF DEFENSE MOTIONS, YET GRANTED NEAR 100% FOR PROSECUTION.

October 5, 2017 Constitution

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Motion to Recuse Gloria Navarro

by Shari Dovale

A motion has been filed in the Bunkerville Standoff case to have Judge Gloria Navarro recused. The motion was filed by Ryan Bundy on Oct. 4th.

The basis for the demand for recusal is the public perception of her bias towards the prosecution and against the defendants.

The 25 page filing with attachments cites dozens of news articles pointing to her obvious bias. Citing articles from Redoubt News, Infowars, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Freedom Outpost, as well as a multitude of additional articles, as well as video reports, the motion proves overwhelming bias on the part of the judge.

Even the New York Times states that the public perceptions of Navarro’s rulings have become the story.

Bundy includes a statement from Roger Roots, lawyer and legal researcher, who has studied over 2200 filings on the docket in this case. He determined that Judge Navarro has denied at least 95% of the substantive defense motions.
Roots also states that the motions by the United States have been granted at near 100%.

“No judge in American history has been the subject of more commentary and news coverage describing her as partial in a case she presides over as has Judge Gloria Navarro in the Bundy case,” said Roots.

The motion goes on to explain that actual impartiality is irrelevant. It doesn’t really matter whether or not the judge is actually biased. The problem is the devastating evidence of the public’s perception of her bias.

In other words, the public has lost confidence in the judicial system because of her blatant disregard of the defendants rights. They are feeling that citizen’s in this country can no longer trust the legal system.

The public has lost the trust of it’s judicial system! And we can thank Judge Gloria Navarro for the astounding number of rulings that she has made to prove these allegations.

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the documents filed are viewable on ItMattersHowYouStand.com https://itmattershowyoustand.com/por...1-14-and-1-11/

Case 2:16-cr-00046-GMN-PAL Document 2624 & 2624-1 Filed 10/04/17 1-14 and 1-11



ryan c: of family Bundy DEMANDs for Chief Judge Gloria Navarro to recuse herself as presiding judgein this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 455(a), on grounds that overwhelming evidence indicates a public
perception that Judge Navarro is biased in favor of the prosecution. This appearance of impropriety
regarding Judge Navarro is evidenced by many dozens of published newspaper reports, editorials, online
blog posts and broadcasts. For the sake of the integrity of the justice system, the federal courts, and any
verdicts in this case, Ryan C: Bundy requests that Judge Navarro recuse herself from further proceedings.

[monty]

Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen orders many of Ryan C Bundy’s filings stricken from the docket

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Case 2-16-cr-00046-GMN-PAL Document 2753 Filed 10/20/17 Page 1 – 3






ORDER that the Clerk of the Court shall STRIKE from the court’s docket Defendant Ryan C. Bundy’s:
1. Notice Regarding Verifiable Claim and Compensation (ECF No. [2298]),
2. Notice of Rescindation [sic] of Financial Affidavit (ECF No. [2398]),
3. Notice re: Full Reconveyance (ECF No. [2447]),
4. Notice of Patent of Nativity (ECF No. [2448]),
5. Notice of Demand for Immediate Release (ECF No. [2487]),
6. Notice of Termination of Services (ECF No. [2488]),
7. Affidavit Not Pro Se (ECF No. [2489]),
8. Emergency Judicial Notice and Cease and Desist Order (ECF No. [2499]),
9. Notice of Assertion of Right to be Presumed Innocent (ECF No. [2595]),
10. Emergency Judicial Notice and Cease and Desist Order (ECF No. [2606]),
11. Notice and Affidavit of Truth (ECF No. [2623]), and
12. Affidavit (ECF No. [2629]).
Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 10/20/17.
(Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF – MMM)

[monty]

Eric Parker will accept a misdemeanor plea deal.

Eric Parker To Plead To a Misdemeanor


THE CHANGE OF PLEA HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23RD, AT 8 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

October 22, 2017 BLM, Featured 4

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Eric Parker To Plead To a Misdemeanor

by Shari Dovale

The Trial of the Century has gotten a little bit smaller.

Currently, 6 men are expected to be tried in the Bunkerville Standoff trial expected to begin jury selection on October 30^th. Cliven Bundy, his sons Ammon and Ryan, as well as Ryan Payne are ready. Eric Parker and Scott Drexler are scheduled for their third trial, after two previous trials this year resulting in acquittals and deadlocked verdicts.

But Parker and Drexler have been offered plea agreements by the government that will allow them to close the book on this chapter of their lives.

After negotiations that have gone back and forth for weeks, Eric Parker has been offered a plea agreement that he feels would be the best for his family.

Parker has agreed to accept a misdemeanor charge of “Obstruction of a Court Order.” This basically means that he will agree that he went to the bridge after Cliven spoke at the rally. He heard the BLM officers say that there was a court order and the protesters need to leave. The agreement does mention that Parker was armed and refused to leave the area when the officers told him to do so.

That’s it. It is a very basic misdemeanor charge that will allow for time already served in prison and probation. This is very similar to the agreement that Scott Drexler was offered. It is anticipated that Drexler will be considering accepting a similar deal as well.
The charge allows for up to 5 years of probation, which the prosecution intends to argue in favor of. The defense believes that, since Parker and Drexler have already served more time than this charge calls for, they should have a greater than average chance of a short probation.

Parker’s plea agreement includes a no forfeiture clause and a no restitution clause, so his financial situation will not be precarious. Additionally, Parker will not be required to testify in the upcoming trial.

The change of plea hearing is scheduled for Monday morning, October 23^rd, at 8 o’clock in the morning.

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Vivian Pilger OCTOBER 22, 2017 AT 4:31 PM
Had a feeling they would want Andrea out of there, her daily reporting shed too much light on their proceedings. Hope someone takes up that post.

[monty]

I missed this article by Gary Hunt published August 30, Ryan Bundy’s shoulder holds the key.

I should have posted this in the Malheur Protest . . . . .

Ryan Bundy Holds the Key – Burns Chronicles


ASTARITA IS CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT THE SHOOTING, NOT WITH THE ACTUAL SHOOTING OF FINICUM AND BUNDY.

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Ryan Bundy Holds the Key

Burns Chronicles N^o 59

by Gary Hunt

August 30, 2017

On January 26, 2016, several people, in two private vehicles were on their way to a scheduled meeting John Day, Oregon. While in a forested area, with extremely poor, if not non-existent, cell phone coverage, they were set upon by modern day highwaymen (highwaymen were people who stopped travelers and robbed them). The driver and passengers of the second vehicle submitted to the demands of the heavily armed interlopers, at gunpoint, to leave the vehicle and sit on the side of the snow-covered roadway.

The driver second vehicle, a white pick-up truck, following the exit of one of the passengers, sped away, seeking the assistance of a peace officer, Sheriff Glenn Palmer, of Grant County, Oregon. However, within a couple of miles they found that the highwaymen had set up a barricade across the road, barring passage. The highwaymen, hidden behind their vehicles, began firing shots at the white truck. This forced the truck off the road, where some rather adept driving may have saved one of the highwaymen’s life, by swerving, at the last moment.

The truck then came to a stop, and the driver, LaVoy Finicum, exited. In the back seat were three people; Shawna Cox, Victoria Sharp, and Ryan Bundy. Bundy sat on the left and Cox on the right.

Having already been shot at, there was concern for the safety of the party. Finicum, in an effort to draw fire away from those still in the truck, began moving towards the rear and away from the truck.

There were lots of loud noises. Some from 40 mm projectiles of rubber bullets and tear gas (OSP recovered 13 40 mm casings), others from flash-bang type grenades. Included, however, were two shots that came from the left-rear of the truck. One hit the top of the truck and one broke the driver side rear window. The round that broke the window may well have hit the side of the truck, pressuring the window to break, and deflecting into the shoulder of Ryan Bundy. This is the more logical explanation, as the velocity of the bullet, absent any other external resistance, should have penetrated much further than the fleshy part of Bundy’s shoulder.

Now, this gets interesting since the Oregon State Police (OSP) had to account for shots fired, though they could not account for two shots. Shell casings were missing, and the rather perplexing task resulted in speculation regarding the bullet impact on the driver’s side of the truck. Their conclusion was that it must have come from the shooter that fired three shots as the white truck approached the highwaymen, as shown in this OSP exhibit:

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The government tried to attribute the shot at the rear door to the three shots fired as the vehicle approached the barricade. However, this does not quite work, as if you look at the yellow line in the third image. You see that if it did hit the truck, it would be a glancing strike. It would have been deflected upon impact, and the initial point of impact would be the most damaged. Any additional damage would have been less, as the bullet was deflected away from the truck body. As you can see, the greater impact was on the right side of the gap between the door and frame.

We must consider the possibility that the shot came from the left rear of the truck, which was the location of the FBI HRT (Hostage Rescue Team) members, including FBI HRT SA W. Joseph Astarita. Its initial impact would be the greatest, then, if it dented the side of the truck sufficiently, it would possibly enter the door, itself, behind the sheet metal surface. Upon impacting the door bracket that holds the window in place, if it exerted pressure on that frame, it could cause sufficient pressure for the window, itself, to buckle, spewing out pieces of glass when it burst, as seen in the video (linked below), rather than a break because of a direct impact by a bullet.

That same bullet could then deflect off the door/window frame and enter Ryan Bundy’s shoulder moving upward into the fleshy part, from the rear of the shoulder, as Ryan had turned to the right, and had bent over in an effort to protect the women.

Now, the question is, is that a bullet in Ryan’s shoulder? Well, the medical records from Harney District Hospital, in Burns, where Ryan was taken after the highwaymen kidnapped him and the others, except LaVoy, who lay dead where he fell after being shot in the back three times. The hospital reports indicate that there was “oozing” bleeding from Ryan’s right shoulder. Some of the language used in various reports from the hospital includes a written notation, “… consistent with bullet fragment versus other metallic foreign bodies.” Then, in two typed reports, we find, ” INDICATIONS: Gunshot wound to right shoulder”, and ” INDICATIONS: penetrating gunshot wound”. So, based on the X ray and the medical reports made within hours of the shooting, there can be little doubt that the highwaymen shot Ryan Bundy.

Now, considering where the shot probably hit, LaVoy had just exited the truck, and Ryan Bundy had just leaned over to protect the women. It is obvious that the shooter did not hit his target; perhaps he flinched, or is just a bad shot. However, every indication is that Astarita was trying to murder either LaVoy Finicum or Ryan Bundy, or both.

Here is what appears to be the scenario that resulted in a bullet in Ryan Bundy’s shoulder:
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Now, some will suggest that it was a bullet that shattered the window, as seen in the video of this moment in time. There are three versions:
Real Time (0:56)

Half Speed Slow Motion (1:51)

Quarter Speed Slow Motion (3:42)

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Now, most people believe that the window that shattered was shattered when hit by a bullet. To put their minds to rest, when a bullet strikes a safety-glass window, it leaves a hole about the size of the projectile. Then there is a much-disrupted area of extremely shattered glass, though still bound by the plastic, usually just a few inches in diameter. Finally, there is some cracking outside of that radius.

Why is this so important? Well, Maxine Bernstein, Oregon Live, made the point in her recent article, “LaVoy Finicum Shooting: Prosecutors seeking missing shell casings, metal fragment from Ryan Bundy’s shoulder“, dated August 3, 2017. Maxine has covered the entire story, from the courtroom standpoint, from the beginning. In this article, she seems to have a little insight into what may be the defense’s strongest argument, a lack of evidence, when she wrote:
The case against an FBI agent charged with lying about firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum most likely will turn on expert testimony about the validity of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office investigation, a defense lawyer said Thursday.

No one reported that they saw or heard agent W. Joseph Astarita fire and no direct evidence exists linking any bullet or shell casing to Astarita’s rifle, one of his lawyers said.

Prosecutors countered that the investigation continues and revealed for the first time that not only are shell casings from Astarita’s alleged shots missing, but so are shell casings from some of the Oregon State Police shots fired at the Jan. 26, 2016, roadblock.

Eight shots were fired. Six shell casings in roadway are all gone,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Pam Holsinger, chief of the Criminal Division in the Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office. She didn’t elaborate. State troopers fired six of the eight shots, with the other two eventually linked to Astarita, investigators and prosecutors said.

Astarita is charged with three counts of making a false statement (18 US Code §1001) and two counts of obstruction of justice (18 US Code §1512(b)(3)). What he is not charged with is, though it has become apparent that he did in fact, attempt to murder LaVoy Finicum and/or Ryan Bundy. As indicated by Maxine’s article, the prosecution is suggesting that there is no evidence — not of murder, rather, that Astarita lied.

Astarita was first scheduled to stand trial beginning August 29. The trial was been designated :complex” (Yes, that is what they have done in both the Burns and Bunkerville trials) and rescheduled to February 27, 2018.

The roof shot was a shot taken at an occupied vehicle, a criminal offense under state law. The door shot, described above, was taken while LaVoy was still just outside of his door and Ryan was huddled over Victoria Sharp. The shot was fired just between the two of them, indicating that in Astarita’s haste, he simply missed his mark.

Back on March 5, 1770, the King’s soldiers fired on and killed five people. They stood trial before a jury of citizens, though were found not guilty because they had a right to self-defense. However, both the laws and the people had a right to determine what they government could do, and what it could not do.
On January 26, 2016, a government “soldier” (armed with military grade weapon and accoutrements) attempted to kill, or at least, recklessly endangered the occupants of the white truck. He is not charged with such a crime, even though one of the occupants sustained a gunshot wound. Instead, he is charged with being dishonest and impeding an investigation. That would never have happened if we were still under the King. Instead, we have the hens (the United States Attorney and the FBI) guarding the foxhouse (the FBI), so, well, we know, now, just how this may end.

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Lavoy Finicum

[monty]

Andrea Olson-Parker reports on Eric Parker, Scott Derxler change of plea hearing Dan Love hearing ~J Grady

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[monty]

Did U.S. Attorney’s office give Dan Love the order to release Bundy’s cattle? Entrapment for criminal prosecution?

US Attorney’s Office Implicated in Bunkerville Standoff?


“I WAS DOCUMENTING THAT OTHERS WERE MAKING DECISIONS EVEN THOUGH I WAS DESIGNATED THE INCIDENT COMMANDER,” LOVE SAID.

October 23, 2017 BLM, Featured, Nevada

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US Attorney’s Office Implicated in Bunkerville Standoff?

Dan Love Testimony Suggests the DOJ may have
Released the Cattle to Entrap the Bundys and their Supporters

by Staff

Fired BLM agent Daniel Love took to the witness stand today in the Bunkerville Standoff Trial. Love testified via SKYPE from Salt Lake City, with multiple attorneys in the room to protect his interests. Love was dressed for success wearing spectacles and a vest, a tie and a suit jacket.

Love’s attorneys have been fighting the subpoenas for their client claiming he has developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from the Bunkerville Standoff event in April 2014.

Love was the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the cattle impoundment event named “Operation Gold Butte’. Love testified that he had over 200 personnel, including civilian contractors, under his command. This did not include other agencies such as local law enforcement and more than 20 FBI agents.

The focus of the evidentiary hearing was to determine the facts surrounding the destruction of evidence, specifically shredding documents before the Federal agents left the area.

Love testified that he knew absolutely nothing about the destroying of any evidence. He did admit to telling his subordinates to take everything with them “that was not nailed down.”

The defense attorneys hammered him pretty hard when it came to questions about his two laptop computers. It has been previously reported that Love stated to colleagues that both laptops would be lost if he ever got in trouble.

Love finally dropped a little tidbit during testimony about a personal notebook that he had for this ‘Operation’. He claimed that it disappeared before he left the area. Love tells us that he kept notes on his superiors from Washington DC usurping his authority during the protest.

“I was documenting that others were making decisions even though I was designated the incident commander,” Love said.

Love continued to complain about the decisions being made overruling his authority. “We had a very robust communications plan that the government deviated from,” he said.

Love was very forthcoming on this information, yet he was surprisingly unaware of nearly everything else that happened during the cattle impoundment.

Love was on the stand for an entire day, and visibly drank at least three Diet Cokes as he testified. He came across as articulate but arrogant, and quite bitter over his recent firing from his high status in the BLM.

One thing that Love was very clear on was that the US Attorneys office was deeply involved in this operation. Acting US Attorney Myhre attempted to stop this line of questioning, stating that it would cross the line of “confidentiality”.

When attorneys Bret Whipple (who represents Cliven Bundy) and Dan Hill (who represents Ammon Bundy) questioned Love regarding Love’s phone calls with the U.S. Attorneys Office during the standoff, prosecutor Steven Myhre sternly objected. Whipple asked if (then-U. S. Attorney) Daniel Bogden had instructed Love to release the cattle. Myhre objected, claiming the U.S. Attorney had no authority to issue such an instruction. However, Daniel Love stated that the order to surrender and release the cows was given immediately after he spoke to Bogden.

This revelation raises the question of whether the Justice Department deliberately entrapped the Bundys, and made a showing of releasing the cattle solely to set up the Bundys to be prosecuted.
Was Love directed by the highest-ranking federal prosecutor in Nevada to release the cattle, so that the Justice Department could stage this elaborate criminal prosecution?

Love also stated that he was told that the decision had been made that anyone involved in ‘Operation Gold Butte’ was then considered a ‘victim’. “My role changed on April 12^th from Incident Commander to a victim,” he said.

Tomorrow will bring BLM communications director Toni Suminski to the witness stand. Suminski was in charge of the shredding of the documents during the Standoff. We will see if she defends Dan Love, or not.

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Andrea Olson-Parker with the end of day on Dan Love’s testimony ~ J Grady

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