Oregon sheriff has received numerous death threats since militia takeover

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Oregon sheriff has received numerous death threats since militia takeover

John M Glionna in Burns, Oregon
Thursday 7 January 2016 12.00 GMT Last modified on Thursday 7 January 2016 15.20 GMT

The local sheriff policing the occupation of a wildlife refuge in Oregon said he has received numerous death threats since armed militia took over the remote government outpost over the weekend.

Harney County sheriff David Ward told local residents on Wednesday that his wife had left town for her safety after strangers followed her home one night and someone slit her car tire. He said he had received anonymous letters with numerous misspellings that included death threats.

Worst still, the sheriff said, strangers had come to town to harass his elderly parents.

“Mom and Dad, stand up,” he said at the packed meeting. He introduced his parents, saying they were both in their 70s with heart issues and pacemakers and that they were scared. “You can’t just come into our community and intimidate our elderly,” Ward said to a round of applause.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/07/oregon-residents-say-its-time-for-the-militia-to-pack-it-up-and-go

[L. Coyote]

1. That really takes the humor out of the situation. "...anonymous letters with numerous misspellings"

Purposeful misspelling? Or ignorant?

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Taking a wild guess at the type of person who would write these...

the answer seems obvious.

[Glassunion]

9. *obveeus

[restorefreedom]

34. indeeed. knot rowdes skolars four shure. nt

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

3. Death threats? Harassment? Time to shut it down.

[restorefreedom]

35. way past time imo.

indulging these petulant 2 years olds is why this tantrum is geting out of control

[left-of-center2012]

4. Stop the press from having access

If the nut jobs weren't on all the cable news channels 24/7 they'd go home.

[fredamae]

5. Well, they've crossed the line

now.
Jackholes need to GTFO NOW!
I stand with this sheriff

[Octafish]

6. Violent, sick minds -- all too common in rightwingers.

Ask the FBI and their snipers, aiming at the peaceful, lefty for the 99-percent people in the Occupy movement. To get started, all they did was take over a public park.

Rightwingers, for some reason, are afforded a different respect. Like in the Mafia.

[Rex]

8. Would we be surprised to trace this back to the 1960s?

Authoritarians like other bootlickers, it reminds them that they are not alone in being minions to the ownership society.

[Rex]

7. Until we as a society deal with the delusional paranoid RWing gun humping militia types

society will stay broken. What is law if not enforced? I hope they can trace back these death threats and that every single RWing loon ends up in prison for it.

[longship]

10. Fucking douche nozzles! nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. These assholes think the sheriff is the law of the land...

If he refuses to battle the Federal Gubmunt than they feel he's either refusing to do his job or a traitor.

We all remember the episode of The Andy Griffith Show where Sheriff Taylor and Deputy Fife took on the ATF.

What a bloodbath THAT was.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Cowards want to terrorize women and elderly. While their members fake Marine Corp service. nt

[jomin41]

13. Didn't they call for support? lol

[dobleremolque]

14. Make a difference, DUers ...

in fact, show a difference. Be judged by your actions.

This morning, I sent a small check to the Burns, Oregon volunteer fire dept. in honor of Sheriff Ward. Not much, but a gesture from a solid Librul to offset the harm being done by the Cowboy Caliphate. I have been a volunteer fireman and know the difficulty involved in getting updated or specialized equipment, a fact that I mentioned in the accompanying note.

Do something yourself. Send a small contribution to the Emergency Food Pantry in Burns, or perhaps to the hospital auxiliary volunteers. Dedicate it to the sheriff who seems to be the only one there whose cowboy hat sits atop any brains.

Burns Volunteer Fire Dept.
City of Burns
242 S Broadway
Burns, OR 97720

Harney District Hospital
557 W. Washington
Burns, OR 97720

Senior & Community Services Center
(Food Bank & Congregate Meals)
PO Box 728
Burns, OR 97720

[ms liberty]

17. Good idea. You should post this as its own OP

Like minded people could then share it on social media.

[peacebird]

28. Excellent idea! Please post this as an OP!

[AllyCat]

15. Find and arrest them ALL

Plenty of room in prisons if we let out the non-violent offenders like pot smokers. Arrest, charge, convict, and put them away.

[daleanime]

16. +1

[SHRED]

23. Here's the problem

Authoritarianism respects itself.

It's like looking in the mirror for law enforcement.
They look, believe, and act just like those they are suppose to be enforcing the law on.

That's my 2 cents.

[AllyCat]

33. Oh then just let thugs continue to harass people

Unless they are brown. Then kill anyone who might have been there.

[Dustlawyer]

18. Give them the Justice that we give to all terrorists, drone the hell out of them and

bomb them back to the Stone Age. Sounded good anyway. I wish, but don't expect true justice, not in America of today.

[blackspade]

19. So when are they going to deal with these terrorists?

[SHRED]

25. It's difficult for "good ol' boys"

Authoritarianism respects itself.

It's like looking in the mirror for law enforcement.
They look, believe, and act just like those they are suppose to be enforcing the law on.

That's my 2 cents.

[libodem]

20. What?

Sure you can come into town and intimidate the elderly when you know, your gun toting ass will be coddled like an infant, for doing so.

[B Calm]

21. Is the sheriff a republican or democrat?

[JunkYardDogg]

24. It is irrelevant

He is an American Citizen and he is a good, decent person
Saw him last nite on TV in his town meeting

[B Calm]

26. I know it's irrelevant, I'm just curious. .

[renate]

31. in that part of the state he is almost certainly a Republican

It gladdens my heart when I'm reminded that not all members of the Republican party are the "as seen on TV" kind that it's all too easy for me to assume they are.

[steve2470]

30. my guess is he's a Republican, if he has a party identification

Of course, it doesn't matter. He seems like a good guy and seems to be taking the right approach so far.

[MynameisBlarney]

22. Ayup. Them fellers is turrists.

Time to round up a posse boys!

[1StrongBlackMan]

27. I don't understand this thinking ...

Mingus, who sat holding his wife’s hand, said he had to leave Deborah at home and travel the country to find work. He’d rather stay right here in southern Oregon, but there aren’t enough jobs – because the US government won’t let state residents log their forests or harvest the land around them, he says.

The forests aren't owned by the state residents and neither is the land around them that they can't harvest. Just because I live next to a golf course doesn't mean I get to play on it for free.

[Duppers]

36. Exactly!

[steve2470]

29. death threats to a county sheriff and harassment of his elderly parents ????

That's some first-class intellect working there!

I hope they find those responsible and levy the max penalty on them!

[truebluegreen]

32. I thought this bunch considered county sheriffs

the highest legitimate level of law enforcement in the country
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.
.
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unless they happen to disagree apparently.

[madinmaryland]

37. Fuck the TEABAGGERS and the NRA.

[JEB]

38. These sleeper cells of RW terrorists need to be rooted out. nt