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struggle4progress

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Sun Mar 13, 2016, 10:39 PM Mar 2016

Ammon Bundy comes to aid of embattled Grant County sheriff

By Les Zaitz | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on March 13, 2016 at 3:15 PM, updated March 13, 2016 at 3:28 PM

Ammon E. Bundy, the jailed leader of the national wildlife refuge takeover in eastern Oregon, is urging people to rally behind Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer as he faces state investigation.

Bundy said in a recorded statement posted Sunday to Facebook that Palmer was the only sheriff in Oregon who did not "get caught up in the deception" that occupiers put people at risk in Harney County.

The Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, which certifies police officers, has asked the state Justice Department to investigate nine complaints against Palmer. Among those filing complaints were the John Day police chief and the manager of the local dispatch center, who claim Palmer's apparent alliance with militants put the community in danger.

"I encourage all people who love freedom to stand with Sheriff Palmer," Bundy said ...


http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/03/oregon_standoff_ammon_bundy_co.html

Ammon's gonna smear summa his very own political popularity on Sheriff Glenn!

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Ammon Bundy comes to aid of embattled Grant County sheriff (Original Post) struggle4progress Mar 2016 OP
LOL Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #1
Us Oregonians will all be swayed by Bundy support, that part's true. Not in the way he wants tho. Shrike47 Mar 2016 #2
K&R ffr Mar 2016 #6
Weird. Just plain weird! R&K nt longship Mar 2016 #3
Does he have a Press Secretary ? n/t jaysunb Mar 2016 #4
Kinda funny how Ammon thinks he's still important calguy Mar 2016 #5
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