The stand-off in Oregon between the Federal government and Ammon Bundy and his fellow ranchers does not seem to be winding down. Bundy and his loosely connected organization came to Burns, Oregon about two weeks ago in support of Steven and Dwight Hammond, local ranchers who were accused of arson some years ago. The charges were filed because the Hammonds cleared some of their ranch by burning the underbrush and overgrowth, but the fire spread to surrounding Federal land. The Hammonds were able to extinguish the blaze without help, and in fact, both the Hammonds ranch and the Federal land are said to be more productive and healthier from the clearing, but the government seems intent on making a show of who is in charge.
The charge of arson, which in and of itself seems like a huge miscarriage of justice, in that it carries a mandatory sentence of 5 years in prison. A judge who tried the case thought so too and said that it would be improper and unfair to send them to prison for 5 years each, so he sentenced the Hammonds to less than a year in jail, which they completed some time ago. However, a judge or government agency seeking to show ranchers everywhere just who is in charge has demanded that the Hammonds serve the full five years, and the father and son left for prison last week.
Ammon Bundy claims new documents expose government abuse, page 2:
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I posted this several days ago. tonight I just saw a post that clears every thing up. hillary sold the land to Rushia by donations to the Clinton foundation for the uranium on the land. This done while still sec. of state.
Bet they didn’t teach that in your civics class at West Jordan high
Then how do you explain the Lousiana Purchase from France, the purchase of the SW from Mexico/Spain, and the purchase of Alaska from Russia…Which state ponied up that money? Answer, none. The people of the United States through taxes paid for it, therefore the people of the US hold title to the land which is held in trust by the federal government.
These jerks hate the government if it isn’t giving them something.
James Morgan Not double jeopardy, they were never tried a second time, simply resentenced due to a sentencing error by the original judge. That sentencing was appealed to a higher court which agreed that the sentencing needed to be corrected. Very simple case actually.
Janice Daisy-Little Not double jeopardy, they were never tried a second time, simply resentenced due to a sentencing error by the original judge. That sentencing was appealed to a higher court which agreed that the sentencing needed to be corrected. Very simple case actually.
That was actually not the feds that sold out the Apache land, it was McCain and Flake that put in the amendment to the spending bill which gave the australians permission to take over Oak Flat. McCain and Flake are actually Congress, so not part of the federal government as it is commonly perceived.
Brian Wingate so how do you explain the Lousiana Purchase from France, the purchase of the SW from Spain/Mexico, and the purchase of Alaska from Russia? Federal government purchased these lands, therefore it is permitted to own land.