Bad verdict. Not only was the jury wrong on the law, their decision is a blow to the very RULE of law. Extremists of all stripes will take this as a green light to pick and choose which laws to obey. All they have to do to get away with it is convince a jury that they had the right motivations.
.
Burn down your store? – ‘sallright. We’re angry about how the cops are treating Black people.
.
Armed takeover of federal land? – Chill, people. God told me to do it.…
Ammon and Ryan Bundy and five of their followers faced federal felony charges stemming from the six-week takeover in January.
NYTIMES.COM|BY COURTNEY SHERWOOD AND KIRK JOHNSON