FFS: Oregon standoff: Grant County sheriff urges release of Hammonds

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Too bizarre for comment ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/01/post_2.html

BURNS – Leaders of the armed protesters holding the national bird sanctuary on Tuesday plan to push their anti-government agenda in Grant County, whose sheriff recommends the government give in to two of their key demands.

Sheriff Glenn Palmer said in a statement to The Oregonian/OregonLive that "the government is going to have to concede something" to end the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

He said freeing a father-son ranching team from prison "would be a start. Sending the FBI home would be a start." He referred to the FBI's lead role in ending the refuge occupation.

"I just pray to God that cooler heads prevail and that no one gets killed," Palmer said.

The sheriff's endorsement of the militants' demands stunned law enforcement officials, most who would not publicly discuss the matter.

Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe, who has been helping in Burns, said Palmer's position "doesn't help the cause. If anything, it hampers the effort to end this."

[hobbit709]

1. I guess Glenn doesn't care about his oath of office. He needs to resign.

[daleanime]

2. +1

[RKP5637]

3. +1, n/t

[cheapdate]

4. I'd expect that Oregon sheriffs are elected

just like they are here in TN. Only requirement is a high-school diploma. Win the vote and you're the sheriff. Doesn't require that you have any knowledge whatsoever about US jurisprudence. Our county sheriff is a complete dumb-ass.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. They are elected here too.....

In one of the 4 big cities in Ala. I was in, during a Sheriff race, I saw a billboard which said
" Vote for X for Sheriff. He's never been indicted".

True story.

[Initech]

5. WTF is going on there???

[pinboy3niner]

7. Glenn Palmer is a 'Constitutional Sheriff'

A group closely allied with the sov cit movement and the Oath Keepers and other "Patriot" groups.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. He sounds just like them.

They have infiltrated judgeships. Why not the sheriff position?

[Initech]

12. Oath Keepers are batshit crazy.

[pnwmom]

17. But he's also the legal Sheriff. He has feet in both camps. n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

8. This is madness.

Do you all understand that there are anti-government factions all over this country who are salivating at the glands because they plan to follow in their footsteps if they succeed?

Palmer should be recalled.

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18. IMO exactly what is going to happen. It's like the feds are giving them rope to start some

kind of anti-government civil war of sorts. Palmer, what a nutty statement, guess he must be with them.

[Baitball Blogger]

19. Yes, he is with them.

President Obama said the the Republican party, today, is unrecognizable. What hasn't been said is that this faction of the Republican party has been slowly infiltrating every level of the right-wing anti-government core. Most Repubs are too stupid to realize what they have aligned with.

But Democratic DLC types are the worst because they think they have to go along with them, to get along. They are just enablers.

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20. Exactly! The DLC has been a great boost to the republican party, ever marching rightward, failing

to comprehend they are missing the electorates wants. Instead, the DLC looks at bullies for guidance on how they should proceed. It has been a reckless venture! Depending on how the pendulum swings in 2016, we could see a dystopia for many citizens in the 21st century. Many, IMO, fail to recognize the cycles in history.

[Wilms]

9. Well look who it is...

Sheriff Stands Up To Democrats, Promises Not To Enforce Gun Control Measure

He called the proposed bill "borderline treasonous."

snip

During a recent hearing on the issue, Palmer described the bill as “borderline treasonous” and received some support from participants including National Rifle Association lobbyist Dan Reid.

snip

http://www.westernjournalism.com/sheriff-stands-democrats-promises-not-enforce-gun-control-measure/

[immoderate]

11. How about we trade him El Chapo and a future draft pick?

--imm

[Initech]

13. I like it!

[greendog]

14. Well, maybe the dildo militia should head on up to Grant County where they'd get a better reception.

They could occupy the county courthouse and commandeer various police and fire vehicles to drive around town.

[flamingdem]

15. lol

dildo militia for the win!

[CBGLuthier]

16. electing a new sheriff who understands what his damned job is would be a start

[hollowdweller]

21. He's on the right track but with the wrong people.

I totally agree that mandatory minimums are wrong.

However a lot of these guys supported republican candidates that put these policies in place.

Reagan was the president who passed legislation where they do "sting" operations, essentially luring a person into committing a crime and then busting them for it.

Reagan also ushered in widespread drug testing in the US.

Bush the Patriot act? Where were all the libertarians and militias then.

Whenever I hear a RW person saying the dems are going to take their guns I remind them that a LOT of the ways they could identify and round up guns without breaking the law were passed by the GOP.

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22. Well said!!! Agree!!! n/t

[geek tragedy]

23. Seeing every militant there killed would be a vastly preferable outcome to any concessions

being granted.

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24. This should have been stopped early on, instead they are letting it grow and grow.

I would like to think the feds have some type of plan they're following, but more and more it's a WTF!