The first seven of 24 arrested in the #OregonStandoff were cleared of all charges by a jury on Thursday. Legal experts are suggesting Ammon Bundy’s 10 hours or testimony (yes, 10) is what may have won the jurors over.
Ammon said, “Everything comes from the Earth and if [the government] can get control of the resources, they can get control of the people.”
It was Ammon Bundy's 10 hours of testimony that likely won over jurors, legal expert says https://t.co/0BHO61BrAO pic.twitter.com/YiXf9UuQzg
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) October 28, 2016
Ammon, who is the father of six, also said he was doing this for his children and his grandchildren and that Americans need to “wake up.”
The #oregonstandoff verdict shows that sometimes citizens get fed up with an abusive fed govt.
Obviously the lesson is not to have juries.— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) October 28, 2016
Interestingly enough, after the verdict Bundy’s attorney was tasered …
Ammon Bundy’s attorney Tased and arrested after #OregonStandoff verdict https://t.co/vUfuLnlP4O pic.twitter.com/k4fW36F8nr
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 28, 2016
Can’t make this stuff up.
#MERICA.
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