Political correctness has invaded our culture so thoroughly there are essentially two tiers of justice in this country. If you are a white progressive privileged hippy Millennial or a Black Lives Matter activist law enforcement and the legal system will bend over backward to accommodate your protests and acts of civil disobedience. The media will hype up any incident in your favor.
In contrast if you are a white Christian patriotic rural rancher raising cows for meat you can expect to have the book thrown at you for the smallest infraction. If there is any media coverage it will be spun against you.
Rural ranchers have a legitimate gripe against the federal government acquiring 48 percent of the land in Western states then leasing the land back to them at increasingly higher rates. It is eerily reminiscent of feudalism peasants toiling on the land owned by the lords and nobles.
The ranchers and activists who took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in rural Oregon to protest the unjust prison sentence of the Hammonds were trespassing. Although the building is open to the public staying overnight indefinitely without permission constitutes trespassing which is generally considered a misdemeanor unless there are additional circumstances such as destroying property. In Oregon criminal trespassing with a firearm is a misdemeanor. Due to the low-level nature of the crime law enforcement often doesnt bother to arrest trespassers.
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Political correctness has invaded our culture so thoroughly there are essentially two tiers of justice in this country. If you are a white progressive privileged hippy Millennial or a Black Lives Matter activist law enforcement and the legal system will bend over backward to accommodate your protests and acts of civil disobedience. The media will hype up any incident in your favor.
In contrast if you are a white Christian patriotic rural rancher raising cows for meat you can expect to have the book thrown at you for the smallest infraction. If there is any media coverage it will be spun against you.
Rural ranchers have a legitimate gripe against the federal government acquiring 48 percent of the land in Western states then leasing the land back to them at increasingly higher rates. It is eerily reminiscent of feudalism peasants toiling on the land owned by the lords and nobles.
The ranchers and activists who took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in rural Oregon to protest the unjust prison sentence of the Hammonds were trespassing. Although the building is open to the public staying overnight indefinitely without permission constitutes trespassing which is generally considered a misdemeanor unless there are additional circumstances such as destroying property. In Oregon criminal trespassing with a firearm is a misdemeanor. Due to the low-level nature of the crime law enforcement often doesnt bother to arrest trespassers.
Read the rest of the article at Townhall