Charles Pierce: "And, in a related story, Tamir Rice is still dead."

[kpete]

BY CHARLES P. PIERCE
DEC 31, 2015


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.......let's start out in Oregon, where sedition has a Caucasian face and is therefore safe from all local and national law enforcement:

Ammon Bundy once helped his father repulse the government in an armed showdown on a Nevada desert. He was Tasered for his effort. Ryan Payne, an electrician from Montana, joined that same standoff and boasted of organizing civilians into sniper squads that drew a bead on federal agents. And not long ago, Jon Ritzheimer worried the FBI with his threatening rants against Muslims in Arizona and elsewhere, according to press reports.

And, in a related story, Tamir Rice is still dead.

"I am here now trying to empower and motivate the people of this community to take a stand against tyranny and show them that I will gladly stand with them," Ritzheimer said. The Hammonds don't want to be part of the outsiders' cause, and neither do many in Harney County. But that hasn't stopped the strangers from summoning help from militia groups across the country. They are vague about their intention and their plans, unsettling the community and putting law enforcement on edge. The militia plan a rally and a parade on Saturday, circling the county courthouse that houses the sheriff's office. The militia members have been insisting that Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward create a sanctuary so the Hammonds will be immune from surrendering. Ward met with the militiamen and rejected that demand. The militia has since labeled him an "enemy of the people." Ward said he has received emailed death threats among thousands of messages from across the country regarding the Hammonds.

And, in a related story, Tamir Rice is still dead.

Payne, an Army veteran, came to the rancher's defense. In later interviews, Payne said he was the "militia adviser" to Bundy. Payne helped array armed civilians against the federal agents. "We had counter-sniper positions on their sniper positions. We had at least one guy—sometimes two guys—per BLM agent in there," Payne told a Montana weekly, the Independent. "If they made one wrong move, every single BLM agent in that camp would've died."

And, in a related story…ah, what's the fcking point anyway?


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MORE:
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a40896/texas-legislator-reverse-cowboy/

[onecaliberal]

1. And those fucks are still walking free.

[Scuba]

2. Pierce is a master. Thanks for posting, kpete.