FBI Investigating Bundy-supporters in BLM dispute

[Statistikhengst]

FBI investigating Bundy supporters in BLM dispute - 8 News NOW

The I-Team has confirmed that FBI agents have launched a formal investigation into alleged death threats, intimidation and possible weapons violations that culminated with a dangerous showdown on April 12, and the first people to be interviewed by FBI agents are Metro Police, starting with Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillispie.

Federal employees suspended their roundup of Cliven Bundy's cattle, following a confrontation outside the BLM compound near Bunkerville. At the urging of Metro Police, Bundy's cattle were released, but BLM's new director announced the matter wasn't over and would be resolved, one way or another. We now know what that means.

Last week, the I-Team talked with Metro officers who intervened to protect the lives of federal employees from the 400 or so Bundy supporters and armed militia members. Officers told the I-Team they feared for their lives that day because of the assembled firepower, and because many in the crowd had pointed weapons at officers, taunted them, told them they should be ready to die.

Threatening the life of an FBI officer or any federal officer is a serious federal offense that can bring a long prison sentence with it. Threatening a Metro officer is also a felony offense.

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"(Would there be consequences for somebody there on video tape, on a news camera pointing a gun at a Metro officer, pointing a gun at a federal ranger?) Yes, there is definitely going to be consequences, definitely. That is unacceptable behavior. If we let it go, it would continue into the future," Lombardo said...


...The sheriff confirmed to 8 News NOW that he was asked about what he saw the day of the showdown, whether guns were pointed at metro officers. He declined to say what he said to the agents.

FBI agents also spoke to an entire squad of Metro officers, who were on the scene to act as a buffer between the crowd and the BLM. Bundy supporters have insisted in emails and calls to 8 News NOW that no one in the crowd pointed weapons at BLM or Metro, but officers told the I-Team that is exactly what they saw, that many with guns set up behind women and children.

"It is not a rumor. When we first got out there and made a left to divide I-15, that is all you saw. You saw kids and women and horses in the backdrop and then men with guns, laying on the ground, in the back of pickup trucks. We're going, 'wow, this would never happen in Las Vegas,' But it was there. That is not a rumor. It is reality and I saw it with my own eyes," Metro Police Sgt. Tom Jenkins said.

 

[bodecea]

I point a weapon at federal agents, I would expect some kind of legal consequences....that is if they showed incredible restraint in not shooting me.

 

[Statistikhengst]

I point a weapon at federal agents, I would expect some kind of legal consequences....that is if they showed incredible restraint in not shooting me.

I agree. 1st amendment rights to not include threatening our law officers.

Wait and see how this pans out. Expect lots of screaming and fingerpointing, but I bet the FBI would not be investigating and making it public that it is doing so without having some film evidence as well.

Curious to see how much FOX goes to bat for Bundy this time.

 

[Intolerant]

I want give you enough time to point a weapon at me.

 

[SAYIT]

I point a weapon at federal agents, I would expect some kind of legal consequences....that is if they showed incredible restraint in not shooting me.

I agree. 1st amendment rights to not include threatening our law officers.

Wait and see how this pans out. Expect lots of screaming and fingerpointing, but I bet the FBI would not be investigating and making it public that it is doing so without having some film evidence as well.

Curious to see how much FOX goes to bat for Bundy this time.

BLM handled the deal badly. They could have placed a lien on all his property making it impossible to sell his cattle or land. Borrowing would also have been hamstrung. That said there is no place for the actions of the vigilantes. They should be brought to justice.

 

[Statistikhengst]

I point a weapon at federal agents, I would expect some kind of legal consequences....that is if they showed incredible restraint in not shooting me.

I agree. 1st amendment rights to not include threatening our law officers.

Wait and see how this pans out. Expect lots of screaming and fingerpointing, but I bet the FBI would not be investigating and making it public that it is doing so without having some film evidence as well.

Curious to see how much FOX goes to bat for Bundy this time.

BLM handled the deal badly. They could have placed a lien on all his property making it impossible to sell his cattle or land. Borrowing would also have been hamstrung. That said there is no place for the actions of the vigilantes. They should be brought to justice.

Who knows, they might just end up doing that.

 

[JakeStarkey]

FBI Investigating Bundy-supporters in BLM dispute surprises anybody?

 

[martybegan]

I point a weapon at federal agents, I would expect some kind of legal consequences....that is if they showed incredible restraint in not shooting me.

It just warms the heart how progressive see any federal agent as the new knights, with rights above and beyond us mere peons.

 

[Statistikhengst]

I point a weapon at federal agents, I would expect some kind of legal consequences....that is if they showed incredible restraint in not shooting me.

It just warms the heart how progressive see any federal agent as the new knights, with rights above and beyond us mere peons.

You miss the point.

We are talking about the law. And those who may have broken the law.

There was a time when Conservatives were FOR the rule of law.

What happened?

 

[SAYIT]

I agree. 1st amendment rights to not include threatening our law officers.

Wait and see how this pans out. Expect lots of screaming and fingerpointing, but I bet the FBI would not be investigating and making it public that it is doing so without having some film evidence as well.

Curious to see how much FOX goes to bat for Bundy this time.

BLM handled the deal badly. They could have placed a lien on all his property making it impossible to sell his cattle or land. Borrowing would also have been hamstrung. That said there is no place for the actions of the vigilantes. They should be brought to justice.

Who knows, they might just end up doing that.

The point is it did not have to be a confrontation. There's better ways to accomplish a happy ending and I prefer happy endings.

 

[martybegan]

I point a weapon at federal agents, I would expect some kind of legal consequences....that is if they showed incredible restraint in not shooting me.

It just warms the heart how progressive see any federal agent as the new knights, with rights above and beyond us mere peons.

You miss the point.

We are talking about the law. And those who may have broken the law.

There was a time when Conservatives were FOR the rule of law.

What happened?

There was a time when the law wasn't ABOVE the law. There was a time when police officers were not militarized squads and platoons. There was a time when the government trusted the people to be able to defend themselves on their own.

That time is passed. Also, if there was definitive proof of people threatening to fire on government agents, why weren't these people arrested already? After they dispersed they could have been apprehended one by one.

When you used to see a cop, you used to feel safe. Now I see a cop I wonder why he gets to keep a gun in his house (off duty) with zero red tape and no questions, and I have to jump through hoops to get one. (I live in NYC).

 

[Katzndogz]

The FBI is not there just to be there. They are investigating Harry Reid's stories about checkpoints and harassment. They will find nothing, which means they will have to make something up.

This is a war, there is nothing wrong with making up wrongdoing by enemies.

 

[Iceweasel]

...and expect them identified to all be audited by the IRS. This could backfire, many people are sympathetic to their cause.

 

[Yurt]

fakestarkey believes they should all be arrested solely because they were not a militia that was under the control of the government, regardless if they broke any law.

if anyone broke the law, our judicial system hopefully will be just.

 

[Statistikhengst]

BLM handled the deal badly. They could have placed a lien on all his property making it impossible to sell his cattle or land. Borrowing would also have been hamstrung. That said there is no place for the actions of the vigilantes. They should be brought to justice.

Who knows, they might just end up doing that.

The point is it did not have to be a confrontation. There's better ways to accomplish a happy ending and I prefer happy endings.

It just warms the heart how progressive see any federal agent as the new knights, with rights above and beyond us mere peons.

You miss the point.

We are talking about the law. And those who may have broken the law.

There was a time when Conservatives were FOR the rule of law.

What happened?

There was a time when the law wasn't ABOVE the law. There was a time when police officers were not militarized squads and platoons. There was a time when the government trusted the people to be able to defend themselves on their own.

That time is passed. Also, if there was definitive proof of people threatening to fire on government agents, why weren't these people arrested already? After they dispersed they could have been apprehended one by one.

When you used to see a cop, you used to feel safe. Now I see a cop I wonder why he gets to keep a gun in his house (off duty) with zero red tape and no questions, and I have to jump through hoops to get one. (I live in NYC).

You didn't read the OP, now did you.....?

 

[SteadyMercury]

There was a time when the law wasn't ABOVE the law.

lol what?

 

[bodecea]

I point a weapon at federal agents, I would expect some kind of legal consequences....that is if they showed incredible restraint in not shooting me.

It just warms the heart how progressive see any federal agent as the new knights, with rights above and beyond us mere peons.

Wait...it's ok to point weapons at "us mere peons"?

 

[Statistikhengst]

The FBI is not there just to be there. They are investigating Harry Reid's stories about checkpoints and harassment. They will find nothing, which means they will have to make something up.

This is a war, there is nothing wrong with making up wrongdoing by enemies.

No, this is not a war, this is the enforcement of US law. It's really that simple.

 

[Uncensored2008]

FBI investigating Bundy supporters in BLM dispute - 8 News NOW

So, the administration is determined to spark a civil war. Test the boundaries of the authoritarian state.

If the FBI starts shooting people, this country will burn.

 

[Uncensored2008]

It just warms the heart how progressive see any federal agent as the new knights, with rights above and beyond us mere peons.

They are the Khmer Rouge democrats. They usher in totalitarianism and seek to make it clear that the ONLY way to retain our Republic, is a violent confrontation with them. They want civil war.