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Trumple on the Constitution a little more...maybe wear some muddy boots next time?

I envision...

well, you get it

With absolutely no facts to support such an assumption........
I would bet good money that Yantis told the deputies exactly what he thought of their efforts to kill the injured bull.

He might well have called into question their manhood and their abilities as Peace Officers.

Such is likely the de-escalation referred to by the widow.

Is this the same B Pierce from Payette Co, and whom writes for the major gun rags?

Here's why it is important to preserve the rights of all Americans, curdog,

Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Simply put, the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.

I have to say that I deeply respect the restraint shown by the Yantis family in this matter.

I find it inconceivable that the Yantis famuly, and the community at large is ignorant of the identity of the two deputies involved.

In a community this small, and a dept consisting of ten officers, it would be pretty darned easy to see which two deputies are MIA.

Yet, none have identified the deputies via social media.

I think that speaks volumes for the character of the individuals involved.

Somebody fuucked up big time and somebody might be in trouble.

That is all we know.



Quiet and calculated is how you would have to handle a situation like this.

Very true.

Somebody should be in trouble cause they fuucked up.

I was wondering the same thing regarding Mr. Pierce...

Yes. It's that Brian Pearce. Friend of mine. He has a ranch not far from there.

Thank you. His home is about 800 yds from where I sit on my couch, We are about ninety miles from Council.

I was not aware that Brian also owned property in Adams County.

It is absolutely beautiful cow country!

brian is kind of one of my heros. He actually answers back when you attempt to contact him on gun issues. I
trust him implicitly on cast bullets and so on. He got a one of a kind elmer keith mould from a guy that use to post on here. If you talk to him, ask him about it sometime.
Might surprise you.

Brian sounds like a guy who respects his elders.

I can see where a huge some of money is offered to keep this from ever seeing a court house, I think Mr Spence will Prevent any settlement that is not monumental .
And I hope that the Yantis family understands that no amount of money will ever bring a life back to those grand kids or the widow who now will grow old alone.

This is just going to be a huge loss for everyone involved, with no winners, just a big blemish on an American way of life.

They may be dead because of it.

If this has been asked somewheres already I apologize....


It seems established that the dispute revolved around Mr Yantis' intention to put down the bull with a firearm at that moment in time, over the objections of the officers working the scene.

If Mr. Yantis had indeed proceeded with this act, against specific instructions, what crime would he have been guilty of?

What lawful authority is extended to officers working an accident scene, how far does that authority extend, and what can they tell people to do or not to do?

Thanks,

Birdwatcher

I find so many things about this strange and if this little quote about how often police are actually held responsible for there actions,disturbing.

Law enforcement officers are brought before a jury in only 1.5% of officer-involved homicide cases. The eye witness testimony should be more than compelling enough for the officers involved to be tried in a courtroom. Law enforcement should be held to the same standards as the civilians they are sworn to serve and protect. No person is above the law.
We want to see these officers tried before a jury as any civilian would be in the same circumstance. The innocence or guilt of these officers should be decided by a jury. This is the only way we see justice being served.

I haven't understood from any of the eyewitness accounts that there was much communication. Maybe I'm not remembering the last one I read-which was the best storyseemed like the most accurate. The bull had supposedly walked "home" which I assume was close since the cops were able to walk up and accost Yantis from behind. I'm not sure the bull was at the "scene" anymore. A bull could get out of my pasture right where I live on a major US highway, get hit and then wander or hobble back into my yard with the accident scene say, fifty yards away. If I had a skid steer out there and was fixing to shoot my bull I don't really know what business it would be of the cops anyway-which is kinda what this whole thing is about. I never read where they told him much of anything until they walked up and laid hands on him. Laying hands all authoritarian-like on a guy about to shoot a bull seems akin to stepping all puffed up in front of a moving vehicle. I guess a lot of folks just deserve to die.