Prosecutor rebuffs pro-Bundy sheriff’s claims

[struggle4progress]

BETHANIA PALMA MARKUS
13 APR 2016 AT 15:41 ET

A county prosecutor who accompanied a pro-Bundy sheriff to a roadblock that was set up in response to the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in January swatted down the sheriff’s claim the men were placed in harm’s way by law enforcement ...

Grant County District Attorney Jim Carpenter on Tuesday evening denied County Sheriff Glenn Palmer’s claim that the two were in danger as a result of local law enforcement dispatchers’ decision to withhold information about the death of .. Robert “LaVoy” Finicum ...

“The actions of the city of John Day’s dispatchers knowingly and recklessly put Palmer and District Attorney Carpenter’s lives in danger,” Palmer’s .. tort claim says.

Not so, responded Carpenter. The prosecutor said he never felt threatened, adding he knows and trusts many of the state troopers he encountered at the roadblock ...

https://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/prosecutor-rebuffs-pro-bundy-sheriffs-claims-that-troopers-at-oregon-refuge-put-both-of-them-in-danger/

[maxrandb]

1. There is no such thing as a "Pro-Bundy" Sheriff

The correct term is a "criminal accomplice who aided and abetted another in the commission of a felony".

Seems like there were quite a few local T-bagging Republican Politicians who need to be prosecuted as well.

[gratuitous]

2. Sheriff Palmer has filed a tort claim notice

A necessary precursor to suing a government entity is to serve a tort claim notice on the entity, and Sheriff Palmer has done that. Apparently, he's looking to spin the Wheel o' Justice set up in courtrooms across the land and see if he can't win one of those sweet, sweet judgment jackpots that undeserving folks are always getting.

Palmer and his lawyer are in for a very bad surprise if he chooses to pursue this.

[Jim Lane]

3. Finally, an actual frivolous lawsuit for the GOP to denounce. I can't wait. (n/t)