Not Guilty! Prosecutors Stunned — 7 Defendants in Oregon Standoff Trial Acquitted

[kathyet]

Friday, 28 October 2016

Not Guilty! Prosecutors Stunned — 7 Defendants in Oregon Standoff Trial Acquitted

Written by  William F. Jasper

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 An Oregon jury delivered a stunning blow to federal prosecutors Thursday, acquitting seven principal defendants in the five-week long trial of participants in the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that riveted national attention on southeastern Oregon earlier this year.

The jury acquitted brothers Amman and Ryan Bundy, the most high-profile of the occupation participants, along with five of their co-defendants, of charges of conspiring to use “force, intimidation, and threats” to prevent federal employees from working at the refuge. They were also charged with possessing a firearm in a federal facility with the intent that it “be used in the commission of a crime.” Also acquitted were: Shawna Cox, Kenneth Medenbach, Jeff Banta, David Fry and Neil Wampler (shown).

The 41-day occupation of the wildlife refuge was launched in protest over the prosecution (and persecution) by federal authorities of Harney County ranchers Dwight Hammond, Jr. and Steven Hammond, who were charged with arson and received harsh prison sentences for setting controlled burns on their own range that got out of control, and did minor damage to small plots of federal land. As we have reported previously, federal agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, and the National Park Service regularly burn up huge tracts of “public land” — as well as private homes, farms, ranches, and businesses — with virtually no legal consequences. The hypocrisy, injustice, and viciousness of the federal prosecution of the Hammonds, a respected ranching family, played strongly with the many supporters — both local and from across the country — who flocked to their defense.

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/24510-not-gu...

[kathyet]

For those who may not know the background on this has a few links

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[Virginia Foulk]

http://freedomoutpost.com/clinton-called-out-on-russian-uranium-dea...

Just found this under Freedom Outpost. Wonder  where it will take us.

[kathyet]

Probably no where it will be buried under all the filth..We are dealing with nothing but corrupted individuals from the top on down...One agency after another...Makes my stomach turn...