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The Oath Keepers, an armed, camouflage-wearing volunteer militia famous for hunkering down at Bundy Ranch, now say they have boots on the ground to protect Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, who they believe was denied her right to a jury trial.
Davis, the elected clerk of Rowan County, has become the current celebrity of the anti-gay movement for staunchly refusing to issue marriage licenses after the Supreme Courts Obergefell v. Hodges ruling in June legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. After defying the highest court and subsequent court orders to issue the licenses, a federal judge held her in contempt and jailed her.
In a teleconference uploaded to YouTube, Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes discussed the operation with Kentucky sheriff Denny Peyman, Missouri Oath Keeper John Karriman, and West Virginia Oath Keeper Allen Landieri. The group claimed that their new mission had nothing to do with same-sex marriage and insisted they were only offering to guard Davis because the judge had acted illegally.
People should consider her under our protection, Rhodes says in the teleconference. Well make sure that our people are keeping a close eye on the situation and were going have boots on the ground to keep watch regardless, because this judge needs to understand that hes not going be able to just go grab this lady whenever he feels like it.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/oath-keepers-vow-to-defend-oath-breaking-kim-davis-with-guns-from-dictator-judge/
Rex
(65,616 posts)Seriously, could this clown circus get any more pathetic? YES! WHY YES IT CAN!
underpants
(182,848 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Bullseye!
Maybe one day someone in law enforcement will wake up and label them a domestic terrorist organization. Their 'boots on the ground' is a clear declaration of war against LEO imo.
I know a penis, white skin and the tea party archetype will go far in this country...but how far is too far?
Enough is enough already...
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)This is some fucked up shit.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)aren't they? SMDH
randys1
(16,286 posts)prison before dinnertime tonite.
However since these are rightwing terrorists, and armed, NOTHING will happen to them.
underpants
(182,848 posts)The judge can order her before his court anytime he wants and if she doesn't show the U.S. Marshalls get involved.
The Oafkeepers can say whatever they want but the response from a US Marshall is going to be "I DON'T CARE!"
yuiyoshida
(41,833 posts)a gun battle with the US Marshalls? They probably consider them Obama's army, . One wonders how stupid this could ultimately get.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Their traitorous behavior at the Cliven ranch has turned them into even more delusional freaks with guns!
saturnsring
(1,832 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Seriously, LEO better nip this one in the bud or we are all going to be in a sea of shit with these RWing firearm freaks.
underpants
(182,848 posts)They just surrounded them and let them sweat it out in the desert.
BLM and Vegas police (Clark County) decided that the whack job threat to their personnel was too great and they didn't wsnt that image especially having to do with a nothing like Cliven Bundy.
saturnsring
(1,832 posts)underpants
(182,848 posts)Are you anti-law enforcement?
Pro-Bundy?
Both?
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)underpants
(182,848 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)If Davis should be found in contempt again, the judge could order her taken into custody right in the courtroom.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)And there's not going to be any "interceding" going on in that venue.
Rex
(65,616 posts)And their 'boots on the ground' can only mean they are saying the US Marshalls are enemy combatants. I think these Oathmorons need to really see and feel the inside of a jail cell...but the scary thing is it would just reinforce their cray cray imo, not fix it or reduce it.
underpants
(182,848 posts)Using a movie catch line
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)These asshats are trying to set up a shadow government. A heavily armed shadow government, one that threatens to overthrow the rule of law. If thy want to provoke a confrontation they should be met by 1,000 federal officers who have orders to use lethal force. Why should the citizens of this country tolerate having their government hijacked by a band of armed thugs?
yuiyoshida
(41,833 posts)adopted the Confederate flag as their banner.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)There is no law against saying stupid things, or wandering around Rowan County, Kentucky saying them.
They are currently not interfering with the operation of anything.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)If the stay home and masturbate to NRA videos, I couldn't care less.
frankieallen
(583 posts)uh, time to remove the tin foil an take a breath.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)A group of armed revolutionaries is threatening to overthrow our government. I thin i's a lot of macho swagger, but we need to be prepared in case they use force against the judge. Remember when federal troops had to enforce desegregation in the south? This is essentially the same thing.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)But I'm sure the Super 8 Motel out on I-64 will be happy to put them up for as long as they want to hang out, four miles outside of town.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)They showed up in significant numbers, heavily armed, at the Bundy Ranch.
Kenjie
(122 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)spanone
(135,855 posts)fuck these gun nutz
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)The judge issues her/his order, and you comply with it or you don't. If the latter, prepare to see the inside of the Big House until you change your mind, straighten up and fly right.
Morans.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)but I never heard anything after that.
Much ado about nothing.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Note that their "announcements" have all been to the effect of "we're going to provide protection", and not that anyone has expressed any want or acceptance of it.
Turbineguy
(37,359 posts)is that like goldy or bronzy?
rug
(82,333 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Mendocino
(7,498 posts)nothing but a brownshirt mob for the NRA. I've run onto a few of these guys. They are certifiable loons.