After the raid, Humphrey submitted a probable cause statement on the ATF and requested Oklahoma’s attorney general file charges for extortion, terroristic threats and disabling security equipment during the course of a crime… Humphrey, the vice chair of the House Public Safety Committee and a 30-year law enforcement officer, wrote in the letter that the state’s attorney general lacked the courage to protect his citizens. Therefore, Humphrey is asking the president to consider filing charges against the ATF, granting a presidential pardon to Fincher and forcing the ATF to return Fincher’s firearms. [More]
“Terrorist” is a notch above “JBT,” and wholly appopriate when you consider the right they’re trampling. This business of the dogs still not being leashed has special meaning to those of us who have been trying to get the government to do just that since before Fast and Furious.
[Via Jess]
