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Associated Press
4:15 PM, Aug 22, 2017
43 mins ago
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A federal jury in Las Vegas has refused to convict four accused gunmen in a 2014 standoff with federal authorities near the Nevada ranch of anti-government figure Cliven Bundy.
In a verdict that stunned Bundy supporters, the jury on Tuesday acquitted Ricky Lovelien and Steven Stewart of all 10 charges against them.
Defendants Scott Drexler and Eric Parker were found not guilty of most of the charges against them.
The jury did not reach verdicts on four charges against Parker and two charges against Drexler ...
http://www.ktnv.com/news/no-guilty-verdicts-reached-in-bunkerville-ranch-standoff
malaise
(269,237 posts)How did this happen?
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)economic instability, civic contempt for political pragmatists and centrists, paralyzed government ...
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)Which transformed Bundy from a rich thief into a struggling sodbuster and his armed supporters into a ragtag band of misguided but well meaning patriots who successfully stood up to the big government juggernaut.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Believe the Judge stepped in the final Defense Argument Day,in order to try and save the Federal Prosecutors asses once again.