Dear Editor: In its agenda driven story convicting the Recapture Canyon protest riders of crimes, the Deseret News ignores the illegal activates of the BLM that precipitated this action In 1976 the Federal Land Policy and Management act grandfathered all existing roads over public land. The BLM openly flaunts this law while insisting on enforcing the letter of lesser laws approved by the political environmentalists and the media. This closure constitutes illegal discrimination because it applies to only one class of users. If the BLM is worried about protecting cultural artifacts, then the canyon should be closed to all human entry. But this never happens. All closures, no matter the pretext, apply only to people on vehicles. It is curious that the Deseret News, which always strives for the highest standards in political correctness, would print the hate speech of Rose Chilcoat when when she calls the demonstrators domestic terrorists and anarchists . Why would reporter Richard Piatt quote Jerry Spangler as saying the ride is a slap in the face of Native Americans? Maybe he wasnt listening to the Native American speaker, Curtis Yanito who supported the protest by riding his ATV. Id like to know why our government felt compelled to send snipers in full combat gear to hide in the bushes endangering innocent families expressing their constitutional rights. Is this what America has become? RH
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 06:01:40 +0000