Nevada ‘range war’ protest growing in size after video of encounter with federal agents

A roadside protest supporting the Nevada rancher who threatened the government with a “range war” over using public land for grazing his livestockhas drawn more people, with cellphone video capturing clashes between protesters and federal offiicials, KTNV-TV reported on Thursday. “This will be the end of ranching in Clark County if they get away with what they are attempting,” one demonstrator, Richard Jensen, was quoted as saying. “Our federal agents — who I’ve not had the opportunity to speak with yet — have been quite aggressive from the video footage that I’ve seen, and I don’t think that that is OK,” state Assembly member Michelle Fiore (R) said after visiting the protest site on Wednesday. “As an elected official for the state of Nevada, protecting Nevadans is Number one.”...more