Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Interior Secretary Jewell connects Las Vegas shooting to Bundy ranch

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Monday highlighted news reports that said two apparent white supremacists who shot and killed three people in Las Vegas on Sunday may have joined militiamen from around the country at Cliven Bundy’s ranch earlier this year. Asked by reporters at the Western Governors Association’s annual meeting here about the Interior Department’s approach to Bundy, Jewell said two police officers in Las Vegas were “gunned down by people that news reports say were also at the Bundy ranch.” The Millers went to Bundy’s ranch, about 80 miles outside of Las Vegas, in April, they said on social media sites. But the militiamen shunned the couple because Jerad Miller had prior felony convictions in Washington State. Jerad Miller’s last note, posted on a social media site about seven hours before the shooting, read: “The dawn of a new day. May all our coming sacrifice be worth it.” Bundy called in militiamen after Bureau of Land Management officials and law enforcement officers began rounding up Bundy’s cattle on April 5, under court order...more

 Which led to this spoof story: Oh Look Some Bundy Ranchers Did A Vegas Spree Killing, For Freedom

No comments: