OREGON STANDOFF: FBI AGENT LYING TRIAL WILL SHED LIGHT ON FBI LED VIOLENCE OF JANUARY 26, 2016
"Acting upon reliable information, a federal deputation laid a deadly ambush"
"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" as recorded by Georgie Fame (1967)
It was indeed the work of an informant Mark McConnell, one of at least 15 used by the FBI at the Oregon Standoff protest, that helped to set the stage for a massive FBI led "felony traffic stop" operation that ended up killing LaVoy Finicum and injuring Ryan Bundy on January 26, 2016 along US Route 395 in Harney County, Oregon.
Between the mainstream media and their own sources of biased information like former Bureau of Land Management Special Agent Dan "Kill Book" Love, there's no doubt a "Bonnie and Clyde" fantasy was in law enforcement minds about the Oregon Standoff protesters or a more 21st Century "domestic terrorist" delusion more likely.
The people travelling in the two vehicles that day were en route to John Day, Oregon in neighboring Grant County for a town hall meeting to discuss the US Constitution and non-violent means to retake land from federal control in the West.
They had begun their protest in Harney County to "Love thy Neighbor" as in the Hammonds. The Hammonds forced back to prison for a second time as terrorists for trying to protect their land by lighting a backfire.
Ammon Bundy has explained how after World War II the federal government moved in and set up the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and began a process of step by step taking out farming and ranching and logging in Harney County. Once thriving non-government business was replaced by government as the main business in a community drained of its previous prosperity now with over 40 percent of its workforce government employees.
Ammon Bundy has explained how after World War II the federal government moved in and set up the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and began a process of step by step taking out farming and ranching and logging in Harney County. Once thriving non-government business was replaced by government as the main business in a community drained of its previous prosperity now with over 40 percent of its workforce government employees.
Who controls the land is an issue that transcends whether Democrats or Republicans happen to hold the keys of power managing the Western lands. Even now Ryan Zinke, the Republican manager, is planning his "wildlife bridges" to interdict the ability of farmers and ranchers to make a living.
Bigger business interests from mining to recreation to big agriculture that fuel the political machine leave the small farmer and rancher on the outs.
And so the dirty deed was done of killing LaVoy Finicum and injuring Ryan Bundy. Finicum gunned down by the Oregon State Police and Bundy wounded apparently by shrapnel from one of FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita's bullets.
Presiding over the trial of Agent Astarita will be Senior US District Judge Robert E. Jones. Jones was responsible for detention of those arrested in connection with the Oregon Standoff protest in 2016 and met with Ammon Bundy and his brother Ryan in a basement cell at the Federal Courthouse in Portland.
"He must be eighty years old" Ammon Bundy recalled as Jones looked at his prisoner list and told the Bundy brothers they were not going to be released, no bail no nothing. It was as if the protesters were terrorists from Al Qaeda or something like that.
It turns out that Judge Jones was born on July 5, 1927 (Age: 91). He entered politics as a Republican, then quickly moved to the local, state and federal bench being appointed as a US District Judge by President George H.W. Bush (Bush 41).
He now holds "Senior Judge" status with a reduced workload.
Last week Judge Jones dropped two of the five charges against W. Joseph Astarita (one of making a false statement, one of obstruction of justice). Astarita still faces three charges (one of making a false statement, two obstruction of justice)
Maxine Bernstein of "OregonLive" reports that 300 jurors were summoned for the trial and 118 will be available for jury selection Tuesday morning (July 24th) in Portland. The 118 jurors will answer at written questionnaire when arrive at 8am and later prosecution and defense lawyers will question potential jurors in court.
Finicum's truck will be brought to the federal courthouse so jurors can view it and watch a government expert explain his bullet trajectory analysis to assert that one of Astarita's bullets hit the roof of the truck.
The Oregon shooting team that investigated the shooting, the Oregon troopers who were there including those involved in shooting the murdered LaVoy Finicum are slated to testify with the troopers using "pseudonyms" according to lawyer for the state of Oregon.
The FBI agent himself is listed as a potential defense witness and one of his lawyers says Astarita himself will make the call on that.
The whole process will allow the public to learn more about the events of January 26, 2016 and help with civil suits that are pending including the Finicum family's wrongful death suit filed earlier this year in the Federal Court in Pendleton, Oregon.
Links below:
OREGON LIVE STORY 7/16/2016
EAST OREGONIAN ON FINICUM FAMILY WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT
(UPDATED AND EXPANDED THROUGH SUNDAY JULY 22ND PM)
And so the dirty deed was done of killing LaVoy Finicum and injuring Ryan Bundy. Finicum gunned down by the Oregon State Police and Bundy wounded apparently by shrapnel from one of FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita's bullets.
Presiding over the trial of Agent Astarita will be Senior US District Judge Robert E. Jones. Jones was responsible for detention of those arrested in connection with the Oregon Standoff protest in 2016 and met with Ammon Bundy and his brother Ryan in a basement cell at the Federal Courthouse in Portland.
"He must be eighty years old" Ammon Bundy recalled as Jones looked at his prisoner list and told the Bundy brothers they were not going to be released, no bail no nothing. It was as if the protesters were terrorists from Al Qaeda or something like that.
It turns out that Judge Jones was born on July 5, 1927 (Age: 91). He entered politics as a Republican, then quickly moved to the local, state and federal bench being appointed as a US District Judge by President George H.W. Bush (Bush 41).
He now holds "Senior Judge" status with a reduced workload.
Last week Judge Jones dropped two of the five charges against W. Joseph Astarita (one of making a false statement, one of obstruction of justice). Astarita still faces three charges (one of making a false statement, two obstruction of justice)
Maxine Bernstein of "OregonLive" reports that 300 jurors were summoned for the trial and 118 will be available for jury selection Tuesday morning (July 24th) in Portland. The 118 jurors will answer at written questionnaire when arrive at 8am and later prosecution and defense lawyers will question potential jurors in court.
Finicum's truck will be brought to the federal courthouse so jurors can view it and watch a government expert explain his bullet trajectory analysis to assert that one of Astarita's bullets hit the roof of the truck.
The Oregon shooting team that investigated the shooting, the Oregon troopers who were there including those involved in shooting the murdered LaVoy Finicum are slated to testify with the troopers using "pseudonyms" according to lawyer for the state of Oregon.
The FBI agent himself is listed as a potential defense witness and one of his lawyers says Astarita himself will make the call on that.
The whole process will allow the public to learn more about the events of January 26, 2016 and help with civil suits that are pending including the Finicum family's wrongful death suit filed earlier this year in the Federal Court in Pendleton, Oregon.
Links below:
OREGON LIVE STORY 7/16/2016
EAST OREGONIAN ON FINICUM FAMILY WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT
(UPDATED AND EXPANDED THROUGH SUNDAY JULY 22ND PM)
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