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TexasTowelie

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Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:41 PM Apr 2020

Ammon Bundy Protests Arrest of Stay Home Order Dissenter at Officer's Home

In the video, a man in a black cowboy hat and jacket stands on the sidewalk, offering his commentary on the arrest of Sara Brady, a Meridian woman who was arrested April 21 for trespassing after staging a protest at Kleiner Park, where some facilities had been closed due to COVID-19 concerns.

"It was a woman at a park with her children, and she was arrested," the man said. "Completely inappropriate—that's just the way it is. What will happen is, they'll grind her in the system that's called 'justice,' I guess, until they spit her out, until she's given up or you guys get your say. That's the way I see it, and I've been there."

Indeed, he has. The man in the video is Ammon Bundy, whose previous encounters with law enforcement include the standoff at his father's ranch in 2014 and another standoff at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Eastern Oregon, where he played a central role. The aforementioned video was shot from the sidewalk in front of the home of one of the officers involved in Brady's arrest, where dozens of people staged a protest the evening of the incident.

In a statement released on Facebook, the Meridian Police Employee Association expressed its frustration with both Brady and Bundy's protests, and shock at the intrusion into the private life of a police officer.

Read more: https://www.idahopress.com/boiseweekly/news/citydesk/ammon-bundy-protests-arrest-of-stay-home-order-dissenter-at-officers-home/article_953dec02-aa9f-5a18-a392-19e37b6a8c89.html

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Ammon Bundy Protests Arrest of Stay Home Order Dissenter at Officer's Home (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2020 OP
Hey Ammon don't ferget ta drink yer bleach and take yer Tide Pods now Blue Owl Apr 2020 #1
Ha! Newest Reality Apr 2020 #2
You nailed it. All for the cameras. yonder Apr 2020 #5
Let's hope Asshat Ammonia Bundy gets the same response Hassler Apr 2020 #3
Ammon! Why don't you take a knee in silent protest. I hear that really upsets The Man. Marcuse Apr 2020 #4

Newest Reality

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Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:52 PM
Apr 2020

A comment on a staged event where the woman was goading the officer, who was actually being very calm and reasonable.

Since he was enforcing the rules, (it's called law enforcement) he did give her a good chance, (she was white and privileged I guess) and I think he arrested her for not following his order to vacate. When a cop tells you to leave, you leave. If you don't like that, take up with your local officials or complain.

She asked to be arrested basically to make a show of it for a "freedom" group. Real good one there, Ammon. Did you know that are are you pretending not to? There is nothing like supporting a false cause.

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