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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBiggest Rat Deserts the Bundy Standoff Sinking Ship
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OregonLive.com: Jason C. Blomgren, one of the 26 people now indicted...in the armed seizure of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon...pleaded not guilty to a new indictment charging him with conspiracy to impede federal officers and possession of firearms in a federal facility...
(The) Federal Magistrate Judge...agreed to release Blomgren from custody once his father arrives in Portland to return with him to North Carolina in Blomgren's vehicle. (He) will be on electronic monitoring and home detention, pending trial.
Blomgren...drove...from North Carolina several days after the leaders seized...the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge...(He) left his two sons with his elderly parents...(He) needs to return to North Carolina to help his 17-year-old son who has autism because Blomgren is the only one who can calm him down, said his court-appointed lawyer...
(The) Federal Magistrate Judge...agreed to release Blomgren from custody once his father arrives in Portland to return with him to North Carolina in Blomgren's vehicle. (He) will be on electronic monitoring and home detention, pending trial.
Blomgren...drove...from North Carolina several days after the leaders seized...the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge...(He) left his two sons with his elderly parents...(He) needs to return to North Carolina to help his 17-year-old son who has autism because Blomgren is the only one who can calm him down, said his court-appointed lawyer...
But Blomgren's autistic son has managed to manage without him under the care of his elderly grandparents for the better part of a month, and apparently Blomgren's father isn't too elderly to travel from North Carolina to get him. And dare I hope that Blomgren will receive his ankle bracelet BEFORE leaving Oregon custody?
ReverbPress.com: It appears as if there were extenuating circumstances that warranted (the pretrial release)...but its hard to imagine that his confession of what the Oregon standoff leaders had planned didnt play a role...
Blomgren told authorities that the occupation leaders never booby-trapped the wildlife sanctuary but talked about using IEDs, or improvised explosive devices, when planning for a worst-case scenario and using at least two drones to spy on the FBI, the prosecutor said.
The seismic tremor you just felt was the result of a collective orgasm going through the entire Oregon federal system.
During the end of the standoff, one of the holdouts kept accusing the Feds of planning to bombard them with enough additional charges to keep them in jail permanently. It sure sounds like she was right, which makes Blomgren's release that much more mysterious. But if his statement about their discussing IEDs and drones gives the Feds a way to bombard them into prison permanently with the ULTIMATE domestic terrorism charges...Now, THAT makes sense!
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Biggest Rat Deserts the Bundy Standoff Sinking Ship (Original Post)
rocktivity
Mar 2016
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Omaha Steve
(99,632 posts)1. .
NCjack
(10,279 posts)2. Smells like Jason C. Blomgren made a deal with the FBI. He wants out to help his family, and the
FBI wants some insider info. And, why should some NC dude help a bunch of guys in NV steal some govt land?
old guy
(3,283 posts)3. I hope there is more here than meets the eye.
If not, I think it is a mistake to turn him loose. He bought his ticket; he should take his chances.
PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)4. What happened to all of the True Patriots
that were supposed to heed the call? Only a few dozen show up.
Well, Hate Media doesn't seem very effective, after all.
rocktivity
(44,576 posts)5. Sunday Kick n/t
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(44,576 posts)6. Tell me why I don't like Mondays kick
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(44,576 posts)7. 5/25/16 UPDATE
MSNBC.com: The organizers of this standoff are still awaiting trial, but Oregon Public Radio reports that the Bundy brothers are not satisfied with the conditions of their detention...
(F)rom a written statement from Ryan Bundy: My rights are being violated...My right to life is being violated. All of my First Amendment rights are being violated. My right to freedom of religion is being violated. My Second Amendment rights are being violated. I never waived that right.
Just so were clear, Ryan Bundy is currently incarcerated. And while its true that prisoners dont forfeit all of the civil liberties while theyre wards of the state, jails tend to frown on prisoners having access to firearms.
Bundy doesnt have to waive his Second Amendment rights in order for the corrections department to disarm him. Hes convinced his Second Amendment rights are being violated, which is true. Thats what happens to people in jail.
(F)rom a written statement from Ryan Bundy: My rights are being violated...My right to life is being violated. All of my First Amendment rights are being violated. My right to freedom of religion is being violated. My Second Amendment rights are being violated. I never waived that right.
Just so were clear, Ryan Bundy is currently incarcerated. And while its true that prisoners dont forfeit all of the civil liberties while theyre wards of the state, jails tend to frown on prisoners having access to firearms.
Bundy doesnt have to waive his Second Amendment rights in order for the corrections department to disarm him. Hes convinced his Second Amendment rights are being violated, which is true. Thats what happens to people in jail.
Inmates bearing arms? Well, it would be a brilliant way for the private prison industry to bust the correction officers' union. Besides, what could possibly go wrong?
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