Police investigating Cliven Bundy-related threats to Harry Reid

[donnay]

Police investigating Cliven Bundy-related threats to Harry Reid

By MANU RAJU | 4/28/14 4:29 PM EDT

Federal law enforcement officials are investigating threats made against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the aftermath of his sharp-edged attacks against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, sources said Monday.

Reid has not minced words about Bundy’s battle with the Bureau of Land Management, referring to Bundy’s supporters as “domestic terrorists” and the rancher himself as a “hateful racist.” As he’s stepped up his criticism, Reid has been the subject of threats himself, prompting an increase in his own security detail in recent days, people familiar with the matter said Monday.

Shennell Antrobus, a spokesman for the U.S. Capitol Police, declined to comment on the number of security personnel assigned to Reid or the nature of the threats against the Democratic leader. But he confirmed that the police are investigating “threatening statements” made against the majority leader.

“We are currently looking into threatening statements made against Sen. Reid as part of an ongoing investigation,” Antrobus said.

Reid spokesman Adam Jentleson declined to comment.

It’s not unusual for a politician in such a position of power to be the subject of threats; federal officials routinely investigate threats made against leaders of all stripes.

But the Reid inquiry comes as other Democrats are raising security concerns over the Bundy episode.

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[JK/SEA]

they need a fall guy....hmmmm...lets see...who we got?....

 

[pcosmar]

So he threatens Americans and gets a pass,, but if anyone speaks against him.. he will send men with guns to hunt them.

Humanity would be much better without such men,, regardless of how that comes about.

 

[dannno]

Ya?

Well I'm investigating Cliven-Bundy related threats from Senator Reid

Fuck off.

 

[Uriel999]

I am a non-aggressive person so I hope nobody would every hurt Harry Reid...but I could not say I wouldn't be thrilled to find out he choked on a sandwich, stroked out, suffered a massive heart attack, spontaneously combusted, was abducted by aliens who conducted anal probes without lube, etc, etc... That scumbag needs to go.

 

[JK/SEA]

thank God they're investigating. Now maybe we can get the truth.....

burp.

 

[Reason]

Ya?

Well I'm investigating Cliven-Bundy related threats from Senator Reid

Fuck off.

This.

 

[donnay]

~Bump~

 

[CPUd]

Are militia really set up on highways?

LAS VEGAS -- Concerns are growing about members of the militia surrounding rancher Cliven Bundy.

Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford, sent a letter to Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie about the safety of residents in the Bunkerville area. Horsford says his constituents have "expressed concern" over the presence of armed militia groups from out of state.

According to Horsford, his constituents say the militia have set up checkpoints where residents must prove they live in the area before they are allowed to pass and have set up a "persistent presence" along federal highways, and state and county roads. They also claim some have established an armed presence in the community.

Horsford told the sheriff that the militia are making people feel unsafe.

Armed people from across the country arrived in Bunkerville weeks ago to support Bundy in his fight with the Bureau of Land Management over cattle the agency says are illegally grazing on federally managed lands.

Horsford's concerns come at the same time the U.S. Capitol Police confirmed they are looking into threatening statements made against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

A police spokesman declined to give further details Monday, citing an ongoing investigation, but Reid has been an outspoken critic of Bundy.

Reid called Bundy a "hateful racist" after Bundy suggested that African-Americans might have had it better as slaves picking cotton. Reid has called on Republican leaders to denounce what he called Bundy's "hateful, dangerous extremism."

A spokesman for Reid declined to comment Monday.

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/25371465/concerns-growing-about-militia-members-at-bundy-ranch

 

[pcosmar]

Are militia really set up on highways?

They are everywhere man.

Every truck on the highway is an observation post.
The kid with the dog is a scout.
The lady hanging clothes is perimeter defense.
There is a bugger behind every bush.

And Harry Reid is an Ass.

 

[phill4paul]

I am a non-aggressive person so I hope nobody would every hurt Harry Reid...but I could not say I wouldn't be thrilled to find out he choked on a sandwich, stroked out, suffered a massive heart attack, spontaneously combusted, was abducted by aliens who conducted anal probes without lube, etc, etc... That scumbag needs to go.

You're a "non-aggressive" Marine stationed in a foreign country for American business interests... unh-huh.

 

[Tod]

I am a non-aggressive person so I hope nobody would every hurt Harry Reid...but I could not say I wouldn't be thrilled to find out he choked on a sandwich, stroked out, suffered a massive heart attack, spontaneously combusted, was abducted by aliens who conducted anal probes without lube, etc, etc... That scumbag needs to go.

Ah, but the question is....given Reid's attacks on the Republic and her citizens, would it actually be aggression, or would it be self defense?