OREGON STANDOFF: JASON PATRICK SENTENCED TO 21 MONTHS IN JAIL, BUNKERVILLE EVIDENCE MOTION DENIED

In Portland today US District Judge Anna J. Brown sentenced Jason Patrick to 21 months in jail followed by three years of supervised release.

Patrick was convicted in the second rigged Oregon Standoff trial that Judge Brown and the office of Oregon  US Attorney Billy Williams (now nominated by President Trump to be permanent US Attorney there) concocted after jurors found "leaders" of the protest not guilty in the first trial.

Brown met with jurors immedately after the trial and the US Attorney tacked misdemeanor charges onto the felony ones.   In the second trial she limited defense lawyers ability to make a case, cutting the witness list and holding a bench trial on misdemeanors with her deciding guilt or innocence.

In the end Patrick was convicted of a charge called "conspiracy to impede", a felony, by jurors, and three misdemeanors by the judge.

The judge refused a motion to take into consideration evidence hidden during the Bunkerville trial and give Patrick a new trial in Oregon.

There were six character witnesses who testified on behalf of Patrick today.

While prosecutors tried to associate Patrick with violence, both he and his defense lawyer made the case otherwise.

A video recorded after LaVoy Finicum  was murdered on Jan. 26, 2016 showed Patrick and others discussing what to do next.

Patrick made statements in opposition to any violence in contrast to those made by others on the video (FBI INFORMANTS?).    Violent statements and or appearances of militancy surrounding the Oregon Standoff protest were the work of crazy people who showed up and or FBI informants.

One, Fabio Minoggio, organized firearms training during the protest and the shooting off of thousands of rounds of ammunition at a pond.  Video of that was used by prosecutors in the first trial.

Ammon Bundy, the original "leader" did not want violence.   David Fry, who "led" the protest with his cyber communications among other things towards its end asserted in his defense at the trial where he and the others were found "not guilty" his non violent beliefs.    Fry saw the protest as being in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King.

In her sentencing Judge Brown suggested that Patrick get involved in "democracy".

Seeing that Dwight and Steven Hammond are still jailed as terrorists for lighting a backfire to protect their property, the reason behind the protest this advice seems more relevant.

"........I have come to think of my role as one which operates outside the realm of partisan politics raising the issues and through action create the situation which forces whatever party is in power to act creatively and constructively in response to the dramatic presentation of these issues on the public scene......'

Dr. Martin Luther King-April 25, 1967

Patrick has already been jailed for two periods totaling 16 months.




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