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struggle4progress

(118,273 posts)
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 01:54 PM Jul 2017

Jury selection begins in Bundy standoff retrial in Nevada

The Associated Press
Posted: Jul. 10, 2017 8:00 am Updated: Jul. 10, 2017 3:19 pm

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jury selection has begun in federal court in Las Vegas for the retrial of four men who brought assault-style weapons to a standoff that stopped government agents from rounding up Cliven Bundy's cattle in April 2014.

Proceedings started Monday after several last-minute rulings by the judge limited defense plans to tell jurors the four men were exercising constitutional rights to protest government tactics during the roundup.

Defense attorneys maintained in the first trial that their clients drove from Idaho and Montana to Bunkerville, Nevada, after Bureau of Land Management agents used dogs and stun guns against Bundy family members.

A jury found two men guilty of some charges, but failed to reach verdicts for four others ...

http://www.ktvz.com/news/jury-being-chosen-in-bundy-nevada-standoff-retrial/585408192

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Jury selection begins in Bundy standoff retrial in Nevada (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 2017 OP
K & R ......for visibility..nt Wounded Bear Jul 2017 #1
And if this was a group of black men SHRED Jul 2017 #2
Jury selection is key in this case. Wellstone ruled Jul 2017 #3
 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
2. And if this was a group of black men
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 01:57 PM
Jul 2017

They'd already have been found guilty.
Hell...they would have been shot dead back at the ranch.
I'm sure of it.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. Jury selection is key in this case.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 02:17 PM
Jul 2017

And in this case,the jury pool is all of Clark County. This Clan has Cousins by the Hundreds living in our County. And,if the Prosecutors do not weed this folks out,well,hung Jury number two.

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