4/11/14, "Federal agents back down in stand-off with armed cowboys: BLM release cattle after they were surrounded by militia following agreement to stop targeting rancher in modern-day 'range war'," UK Daily Mail, By Ryan Gorman and Dan Miller and Meghan Keneally and Jessica Jerreat
"Violent: An officer is seen firing a taser at Ammon Bundy as an aggressive police dog goes after him," You Tube, UK Daily Mail
"Rancher Cliven Bundy's son, Ammon Bundy grimaces as he shows taser marks
on his chest," Getty
"Bloodied: Krissy Thornton, right, looks at blood from a taser wound on Ammon Bundy," AP
"The week-long standoff started when federal agents swooped in Tuesday after Cliven Bundy, the last remaining rancher in southern Nevada, refused to remove his herd of 900 cows from land he claims has been in his family since 1870.
The heavily-armed federal agents, equipped with eight helicopters and backed-up by snipers, surrounded the Bundy ranch after the BLM attained a federal court order to confiscate the family's herd.
A Facebook post made by Bundy supporters told protesters to bring cameras and 'film everything' but 'any rifles people may have with them need to stay in the vehicles'....
The increasing number of people arriving at the camp in support of the rancher came one day after other officials spoke out in favor of the embattled rancher.
'Watching that video last night created a visceral reaction in me,' Arizona state Representative Kelly Townsend told the Las Vegas Review Journal.
'It sounds dramatic, but it reminded me of Tiananmen Square. I don’t recognize my country at this point.'
Closer to home, Nevada state assemblywoman Michele Fiore has made two trips to meet with the protesters in Bunkerville after seeing the 'horrifying' footage.' 'I’m highly offended by the feds coming in as aggressively as they have,' she told the paper."...
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Comment: The Feds will eventually be back.
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