title: la voyante lisait lavenir dans les cartes bleues  le gorafi
text: bundy ranch occupiers acquitted on all counts after challenging the corrupt bureau of land management 
  saturday october   by j d heyes tags ammon bundy  oregon ranchers  court decision naturalnews in what freedom fighters across the country are calling a stunning victory against a tyrannical government agency a jury in oregon has acquitted all seven defendants involved in the armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in januarycheers broke out in the portland ore federal courtroom when the jury announced the acquittals of ammon bundy along with brother ryan bundy and five others the chicago tribune reported the seven were charged with conspiracy to impede federal workers from their jobs at the malheur national wildlife refuge which is located about  miles southeast of portland also the jury could not reach a verdict on even one count of theft for ryan bundy shocked by the acquittals the announcement by the jury did not come without additional drama however upon hearing the jurys decision marcus mumford one of ammon bundys attorneys demanded his client be released even shouting at the judge that prompted us marshals to tackle mumford to the ground and use a stun gun on him a number of times before arresting him the tribune reportedus district judge anna brown said she was not able to release bundy because he faces federal charges in nevada his home state related to an armed standoff with federal bureau of land management agents at his father cliven bundys ranch in  as reported by katu  the armed standoff began jan  and lasted nearly six weeks the incident brought new attention to the longrunning issue of too much federal ownership of lands in the american west the confrontations at the refuge earlier this year and on cliven bundys ranch in  essentially reignited arguments between private citizens  mostly ranchers  and the federal government that stem from the socalled sagebrush rebellion in the late s when western states like nevada attempted to wrestle more control of their own territory from the federal government as noted by the new york times the federal government owns nearly half of the land   percent  in the westthe tribune noted that even the defendants attorneys were shocked by the acquittalsits stunning said robert salisbury an attorney for defendant jeff banta its a stunning victory for the defense im speechlessthe us attorney in oregon  billy j williams said in a statement that his office stood by its decision to prosecute the seven defendantswe strongly believe that this case needed to be brought before a court publicly tried and decided by a jury the statement said when the jury hears the story i expect the same result the oregon case was in a sense an extension the tense standoff between federal officials with the blm and other authorities and the bundys two years ago in nevada cliven ammon and ryan bundy are all scheduled to go on trial for that standoff early next yearits not clear what the outcome of the nevada trial will be federal attorneys have said they dont feel like the outcome in oregon will have any effect whatsoever on the nevada trialbut defense attorneys involved in the nevada trial arent so sure daniel hill an attorney for ammon bundy  says the oregon acquittal bodes well for his client and the other defendants all of whom are facing felony weapon conspiracy and other charges the tribune reportedwhen the jury hears the whole story he told the associated press  i expect the same result sources