Sheriff Glenn Palmer, Linked to Oregon Occupiers, Under Scrutiny
MAR 19 2016, 6:22 AM ET
by ERIK ORTIZ
... The sheriff .. had a special interest in the anti-government protest at the wildlife refuge ... While some .. complaints were filed confidentially .. one was made by John Day Police Chief Richard Gray, who ... claimed that Palmer in January spent more than three hours having lunch with .. Jon Ritzheimer and Ryan Payne .. now both jailed on federal conspiracy charges. Ritzheimer later told The Oregonian that Palmer asked the pair to autograph his pocket version of the Constitution. "The sheriff has a practical plan for helping unravel the federal government," Payne told the newspaper ... If there was any question as to where Palmer stood in the debate over the occupation, he told the newspaper at the time that he believed the FBI should be the one to leave the sanctuary ...
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