Strange Legal Theories and Unhelpful Friends

[struggle4progress]

by Tina Casey
on Monday, May 16th, 2016

... Nevada State Rep. Michele Fiore ... has adopted and amplified the “cowboy camper” meme put forth by Ammon Bundy’s legal team, in an attempt to position the Malheur episode as an act of legitimate civil disobedience.

Fiore ... made national news by suggesting that she would shoot first and ask questions later if a law enforcement officer ordered her to stand down at gunpoint. As cited by the New York Daily News, she backtracked by explaining she would only shoot at a “rogue agent” of the Bureau of Land Management ...

Fiore seems to have a misplaced sense of where the word “rogue” belongs. Prior criminal records are not uncommon among Bundy supporters, and new allegations of criminal behavior are coming to light about other participants ...

Another example, tragically, involves the children of Odalis Sharp. Sharp gained instant notoriety during the Malheur takeover when she traveled from Kansas to Oregon with her children, organized as a troupe of entertainers for Ammon and his gang. Shortly after returning home, five of the 10 siblings “bolted” from home and fled to the local sheriff’s office, alleging a history of beatings and other abuse ...

http://www.triplepundit.com/2016/05/latest-bundy-update-strange-legal-theories-unhelpful-friends/#

[99th_Monkey]

1. Her "backtracking" is completely devoid of any merit, because in her mind, ANY law officer

who dares to do their job by curbing cowboy campers is ipso facto a "rogue agent".

[Ford_Prefect]

2. The same mistaken attitude led to Robert Finicum's death.

Michele is as deluded about the Constitution as the Bundy Gang. The Bundys operate like many other crime family enterprises using threats, intimidation and extortion to get their way.

Michele is being groomed by the Kochs for bigger things in Nevada, and in the take public lands movement. On some days she seems quite like a cowgirl take on Caribou Barbie. She's very much the darling of the NRA as well.