01-04-2016, 06:49 PM
(01-04-2016, 06:42 PM)BonnieBengal Wrote: There's about 20 men, not 150. They are basically ranchers who are fed up with the govt taking their land and going about it the wrong way. The two men in prison are asking not to be associated with this. But as a reminder, nobody shot the Occupy movement folks, so let's hope the govt gives them the same consideration. And at least one of the Occupy movement folks actually fired a gun in DC.
Let's be clear here, this is about people being upset because they aren't abiding by the federal laws and regulations regarding federally managed land. They are protesting two people being given the minimum sentence for arson on federal property after having been convicted of prior federal crimes related to the BLM land because they were not abiding by the rules and were mad when the government cut off their access to it.
And Occupy members were arrested when they illegally occupied certain areas. Some were pepper sprayed, some were arrested using questionable levels of force. So your comparison may not be what you would like to make, here
