re: BLM vs. Nevada Rancher

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Instead they should have used common fricking sense and avoided this clusterfrick.

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Let's assume the government is in the right for a moment. Let's say that there is a rancher who is trespassing his cattle on public lands and interfering with the lawful agent of the land to manage it according to law. After trying various methods of removing said cattle for 20 years, including notices served, court action and appeals, offers to sell the cattle at an auction of the owners choosing, and handing over the proceeds of such a sale to the rancher, what course of action should the government take? Keep in mind that the rancher threatened violence when the gov't notified him that they would remove the cattle themselves.

And considering, for a moment, that the government is not necessarily ALWAYS in the wrong, what should they do? It's been 20 years, and they've tried all manner of non-violent means to remove the cattle.