Far-right activists converge on home of Idaho judge overseeing Ammon Bundy anti-mask case

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On Monday, The Daily Beast reported that a group of far-right extremists with a history of violent brawling converged on the home of a judge in Boise, Idaho who is overseeing the case against infamous anti-government demonstrator Ammon Bundy.

"Many in the crowd on Saturday were not locals," reported Kelly Weill. "[Joey] Gibson, the leader of the far-right streetfighting group Patriot Prayer, had traveled interstate from western Washington. He and others were there to protest outside the home of a judge involved in the case of Ammon Bundy, the leader of a different far-right group. The protest, which Gibson helped promote by sharing the judge's address on the Internet, was a melting pot of fringe activists deeply invested in Bundy's already-contentious court case."

Gibson mounted an unsuccessful fringe candidacy for U.S. Senate in Washington State in 2018, and was present at a violent pro-Trump demonstration at the Oregon State Capitol after the election.

Bundy is best known for his involvement in an armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in 2016, although a jury acquitted him of the charges stemming from that incident.

"When COVID-19 swept the country in Spring 2020, Bundy returned to the headlines, this time leading a new group called the People's Rights network (web registry records suggest he'd begun work on the group pre-pandemic)," reported Weill. "The People's Rights network championed aggressive demonstrations, often by inserting themselves into elected officials' personal lives. The group temporarily shut down an Idaho health board meeting by swarming health officials' homes in December, and members have also allegedly trespassed into Idaho's State Capitol in an August incident that served as an eerie forewarning to January's attack on the U.S. Capitol."

"In March, Bundy was due to appear in court for his trespassing case," said the report. "But he and another defendant refused to wear masks in the courthouse, in violation of the building's rules. They did not enter the building, and were eventually arrested for failure to appear for their court date."

Bundy has suggested he believes his crusade against masks is God's will.
https://www.rawstory.com/ammon-bundy-idaho/

Let's hope this thread doesn't wide up needing to be in Firearms In the News.

It would be nice if all of those followers and Bundy had to spend time in the Steel Bar Hotel and have felony convictions that bar them from having guns.
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Re: Far-right activists converge on home of Idaho judge overseeing Ammon Bundy anti-mask case

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TrueTexan wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:34 pm It would be nice if all of those followers and Bundy had to spend time in the Steel Bar Hotel and have felony convictions that bar them from having guns.
Fortunately that would help make America safer since it would be against the law for them to have guns and we know they respect Law & Order!
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sig230 wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 2:28 pm
TrueTexan wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:34 pm It would be nice if all of those followers and Bundy had to spend time in the Steel Bar Hotel and have felony convictions that bar them from having guns.
Fortunately that would help make America safer since it would be against the law for them to have guns and we know they respect Law & Order!
But, getting caught with one would be a felony and back to jail. Wash Rinse Repeat enough time and they might get the idea that guns are not for them. That is unless they are getting love letters from the inmates waiting them to come back. :sarcasm:
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lurker wrote: if the InvisibleSkyFriend was omnipotent like they say, you'd think it could speak for itself.
Alright, Lurker forced his hand:

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“Masks are for pussies!”
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Bisbee wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 8:22 pm
lurker wrote: if the InvisibleSkyFriend was omnipotent like they say, you'd think it could speak for itself.
Alright, Lurker forced his hand:


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“Masks are for pussies!”
How'd you get a picture of my cat, Bisbee, the stinkin' rotten orange one?
"Even if the bee could explain to the fly why pollen is better than shit, the fly could never understand."

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The ongoing Ammon Bundy case is headed to mediation.

A judge on Friday scheduled Bundy to head to a mediation conference with Magistrate Judge Greg Kalbfleisch, who's out of northern Idaho on April 26.

Mediation is an attempt for both parties, along with an impartial third party, to reach a settlement. The mediation conference would be confidential and can't be recorded or shared with the public.

A prosecutor told a judge that he wasn't sure Bundy and Aaron Schmidt (another defendant) would comply.

"I'm entering mediation orders in both cases requiring the parties to use best efforts and good faith," the judge said on Friday. "The court agrees to be bound by any mediation settlement should one occur in either or both cases.”

Bundy did not request mediation and he does not have the option to reject mediation.

Idaho State Police gave Bundy a no trespassing order after they say he refused to leave the Idaho Statehouse last year but he returned the next day. And in March, Bundy was arrested once again after officials say he refused to wear a mask for a court hearing.

"This is merely an attempt for the parties to seek a resolution with an experienced judge from North Idaho who is mediated a number of these, not exact cases, but some cases with similarity very successfully, so I’m ordering parties to again use their best efforts and good faith," the judge said.
https://katu.com/news/local/ammon-bundy ... -mediation
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