Safety Concerns Force Feds To Pull Out In Illegal Cattle Grazing Dispute

Federal law enforcement officers block a road at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Overton, Nev. Thursday, April 10, 2014. In the foreground are the shadows of protestors. Two people were detained while pro... Federal law enforcement officers block a road at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Overton, Nev. Thursday, April 10, 2014. In the foreground are the shadows of protestors. Two people were detained while protesting the roundup of cattle owned by Cliven Bundy on the road. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher) MORE LESS
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Armed anti-government activists have forced federal authorities to stop their seizure of cattle that were illegally grazing on federal land in Nevada.

“Based on information about conditions on the ground, and in consultation with law enforcement, we have made a decision to conclude the cattle gather because of our serious concern about the safety of employees and members of the public,” Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze said, according to ABC News.

Self-described militias had come to protest the government action against Cliven Bundy, a cattle rancher who is feuding with BLM over his use of federal land.

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  1. This not good. I am very rarely in favor of use of force, but this is only going to embolden these groups and when the day of reckoning comes for them (and it will come) it will be worse. This guy is clearly breaking the law, and thumbing his nose at it.

  2. This is an issue of the commons. Having been at one time a career Army officer and a Vietnam combat vet and like most who have been under fire a pretty peace lovin’ guy I find myself getting seriously irked at these knee jerk militia types.

    Send in the national Guard with few Bradleys and clear 'em out. The guy is breaking the law. If he’s allowed to get away with that then we all suffer.

  3. Testing testing…

    I like the new system.

    I don’t like that the BLM backed down

  4. So we have a bunch of armed fringe types that think they are gonna tell the Gov’t what to do. Apparently they are holding a camp out in support of Mr Bundy who has brought his legal troubles on himself by his own actions. I think it will not end well of Mr Bundy.

  5. I think they did the right thing here - but only if they come back and complete the job. This guy has been grazing on Federal land for 20 years without paying for it - this isn’t “liberty”, it’s theft. My only question is why the Feds haven’t sued him for back grazing rights payments and penalties - but maybe they have.

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