KDRV 12 News – by Kasey Kershner
NEAR MERLIN, Ore. — A land dispute is creating tension between miners in Josephine County and the Bureau of Land Management. The owners of the mines say they are afraid their rights to due process will not be respected and have now called in reinforcements.
The Oath Keepers of Josephine County are gathering at a piece of property near Merlin. They’re in the process of setting up a staging area, in order to step in if they are needed by the Sugar Pine miners.
“Because we are constitutional group,” said Mary Emerick with Oath Keepers. “We defend the Constitution… And we are here just to make sure that they receive their Fifth Amendment rights which is due process.”
The owners called them in to help protect the property that they have mined for more than 100 years. The miners say documents they have grandfathered-in their surface rights to the property.
But the BLM says the documents are outdated, and at some point, the property has changed hands which cancels out the grandfather process. Now, the BLM says the miners have to tone down their mining operation to stay in line with the regulations.
“We’ve sent them those letters,” said BLM’s Jim Whittington. “They also have the right to appeal our notice, that it requires either a plan of operation or notice, and some informal contacts with their lawyer…it sounds like they may appeal. So if they appeal, that starts another administrative appeal process.”
The BLM says they have no intention of stepping in and that it will be a process before any action is taken. But even so, the Oath Keepers are going to make sure of that in the interest of protecting the miner’s constitutional rights.
“Sometimes that’s going to take days or even weeks, and we are preparing for this to potentially last that long,” said Emerick.
Josephine County Sheriff Dave Daniel also says he has been acting as a mediator between the land owners and the BLM. At this point, the only reason the Sheriff’s Office would step in would be for public safety if the situation escalated.
The miners called in the oath keepers just as Henry stated. Great call as always.
Bahh! The Oathbreakers would be the LAST people I would want to call. I’d rather call people who actually stay with me when the going gets tough, rather than people who chicken out at the last minute.
Oathbreakers: “There may be a drone strike. RUN! AHH!!!!”
Me: “Gee…Thanks for your support.” as I watch them run away.
the oath keepers are heavily infiltrated with communist agencies. That miner will end up losing his property…
Hmmmm….”at some point, the property has changed hands which cancels out the grandfather process”….meaning Dirty Harry Reid’s Chinese buddies now own it and they want their shit!
As Jack Welsh told me in 1993, one of the best things you can do for yourself, your kids and your grandkids, is to learn to speak Chinese.
I was too asleep to listen to him then.
They should tell them Jade Helm is grazing cattle or has a mine, so they do something about Jade Helm.
And this propaganda, uh, news release was personally approved by Stewie.
Oath keepers(read breakers) is headed by freemasons and joos. That’s enough to make a judgment call as to their intentions and it’s not to restore our Republic. They need to go back to hell where they’re from. Beware any these cointelpro a$$lohes as they will probably be used to be the foot in the door for jade helm infiltrators. Perhaps this is also a stage being set to bolster CONfidence in them amongst militias to increase effectivity of jh15?
Oathcreepers sounds like terrorists.
They claim to be a “constitutional group”. Funny iv read the constitution of the united states of america, dont remember them mentioned.
Also, they claim to “defend” the constitution. So can we blame them for the zionist take over and the dissolving of the bill of rights?
Like a brand is of, for, and by the people.
Oathkeepers (or Oathbreakers, as I call them) say they defend the Constitution but then run away when someone attacks it. Some group they are. 🙄