Oath Keepers offered to provide "security" for Kim Davis if Federal agents try to arrest her.
Update: the DUer below just let me know that her attorneys have turned down the offer.
Background: If Davis defies Judge Bunning's order on Monday and refuses to allow same-sex marriages, the judge will have the option of charging her with Federal criminal contempt.
The Oath Keepers had offered to provide her "security."
http://www.wdrb.com/story/30012073/kim-davis-could-face-criminal-charges-if-she-continues-to-defy-court-order
Marcosson says Judge Bunning could send Davis back to jail, fine her, or both until she complies. Or Bunning could go a step further and put her on trial for criminal charges.
“If that happens, then she goes to jail for up to 6 months, and she has to serve that sentence. The idea is to actually punish her for defying federal law. And it could be that Judge Bunning has in mind going to criminal contempt if she continues to defy his orders on Monday,” said Marcosson.
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A group called Oath Keepers, a right-wing group made up of former police and military, says it is coming to Kentucky to provide “security” for Davis in case federal agents try to arrest her.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/oath-keepers-offers-kentuckys-kim-davis-security-detail
Just so we’re clear, the Oath Keepers group isn’t offering protection for Davis from potentially dangerous critics. This is a situation in which Oath Keepers intend to “protect” Davis from American law enforcement if she defies the law and faces arrest again.
As far as the right-wing organization is concerned, Davis, who was jailed on a contempt-of-court charge last week, should never have been detained. With the very real possibility that the clerk will again defy court orders, and face jail time once more, the Oath Keepers’ Stewart Rhodes says his group is prepared to intervene.
“[T]his judge needs to be put on notice that his behavior is not going to be accepted and we’ll be there to stop it and intercede ourselves if we have to,” he said.
In other words, if Davis defies court orders, and a judge orders U.S. Marshals to take the clerk into custody, well armed Oath Keepers activists intend to stand in the way of the legal process – as if it’s up to Oath Keepers, not American courts, to determine how the justice system should operate.
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