Cliven Bundy's son arrested, in jail

[inanna]

Source: Associated Press

Posted: Jan 14, 2015 2:42 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Authorities say the son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy has been arrested on federal land on parole violations and a drug court arrest warrant.

Records showed 35-year-old Cliven Lance Bundy was held Wednesday at the Clark County jail pending a court appearance.

The federal Bureau of Land Management released a statement saying a ranger checking off-road vehicles for permits at Jean Dry Lake arrested Bundy on Sunday driving a commercial tour group vehicle.

A public defender who previously represented Bundy didn't immediately respond to messages.

Read more: http://www.8newsnow.com/story/27850158/breaking-news-rancher-cliven-bundys-son-arrested-in-jail

[Journeyman]

1. Of course, a "public defender." How else would a rugged individualist project his independence? . . .

[KansDem]

4. Hey, yeah! Who's picking up the tab for this?

The same folks who pay to maintain the lands his dad grazes his cattle on?

[Jack Rabbit]

5. If Nevada is like most places, the public defender is overworked and underpaid

Most public defenders complain their caseload are too large for them to do an effective job.

You get what you pay for, Mr. Bundy. Don't tell us that you're too cheap to hire a good lawyer for your son. Or do you plan to just bribe the DA or the judge?

[SummerSnow]

2. thug rancher

[UpInArms]

3. Irony is dead! Long live irony!

[Javaman]

6. the government has to play the long game with these halfwits...

if they played into the bundy's brand of stupidity, there would be all sorts of "sovereign citizens" running around creating all sorts of stupidity.

one by one they will get these morons locked up and/or pay their bills.

[louis-t]

7. What's the dif, they don't recognize any authority anyway?

Parole violations, drug offences, probably wasn't licensed for commercial tour groups either.

[riqster]

8. About time.

[Shamash]

9. Not the first time

August 2014:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/05/cliven-bundy-son-arrested-on-contempt-charge-warrant-issued-in-july-for-missed/

[riqster]

12. White terrorism seems OK to American law enforcement.

[LuckyLib]

10. If you were an author, writing this story about these fundie crazy

survivalist land grabbers, and you took your manuscript to an editor, the first comment would be "You named this guy Cliven Bundy? Ah, no."

Truth is stranger than fiction -- you can't make this stuff up.

[Cha]

18. I know, huh.. I was smh at that name.. "Cliven Lance Bundy".. who names their kid "Cliven"? lol

[LeftyMom]

22. The intermountain west is awash in stupid, stupid names because Mormons.

Mormon culture has some weird naming conventions- taking two already bad names and jamming them together to make a worse one is sadly common- and a habit of recycling names from the family tree that really haven't aged well. Cliven appears to be one of the latter.

[kairos12]

11. When is deadbeat dad going to join him?

[riqster]

13. Never.

[jtuck004]

14. "driving a commercial tour group vehicle" < "And over here on the left you see the famous

site where my dishonest and lying daddy held off a non-existent assault with the help of a large number of other hill people, to avoid paying what he agreed to pay for use of public lands, money he owed to you, hard-working taxpayers. And over here...".

[ProfessorPlum]

26. LOL, well done.

[Doug.Goodall]

15. Why didn't the BLM arrest the whole cabal when they had the chance?

The authorities could have imprisoned the Bundys and numerous other threats to society when they were cornered at the ranch in Nevada. Another missed opportunity to rid the world of a few right wing extremists.

[Hekate]

21. The BLM was outnumbered and out-gunned. I think they would have been massacred by the Bundys.

I was hoping the National Guard or similar would show up.

[jmowreader]

24. The BLM would have needed Apache helicopters to arrest the Bundys

[ncjustice80]

25. Should have called in the national guard and stormed the compound.

[Paladin]

16. It's a start. (nt)

[elias49]

17. Anyone think the Bundy Bunch is stupid enough for confrontation?

That would be a very bad idea, but nobody said they were a bright bunch.

[napi21]

19. GEEE, someone other than the local sheriff used their authority to arrest him!

How's Daddy feel about that, since he says the only person in the US who has any authority is the local sheriff, NOT THE FEDS, ever.

[Hekate]

20. Awww, was his widdle freedoms infwinged on?

Hope his father joins him soon -- and those guys that drew a bead on the uniformed officers of the law from up on that bridge.

[czarjak]

23. Who'd...

a thunk it?

[Curmudgeoness]

27. Parole and drug charges

sound like something that the Bundy supporters would not want to defend.

But I have a feeling that they will try to defend this guy.