Is Kate Brown, Democratic governor of Oregon, an ideological sister of Angela Merkel and Hillary Clinton?
"On February 13, 2015, Governor John Kitzhaber announced his pending resignation, amid a public corruption scandal; Brown succeeded him on February 18, 2015 since the Oregon Constitution identifies the secretary of state as the successor when the governor leaves office prematurely."
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/03/kate_brown_identities_of_cops.html
This is from The Oregonian, March 08, 2016.
"Brown said Tuesday she's confident that the two Oregon State Police troopers who shot Finicum acted appropriately."
"Minutes earlier, Brown issued a statement saying the investigation surrounding FBI agents at the scene of Fincium's death were "troubling." She declined to comment further, citing an ongoing investigation."
http://www.opb.org/news/series/burn...oliticians-lavoy-finicum-death-investigation/
This is later, from May 20, 2016.
"More than a dozen politicians from the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate have written to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, asking her to further investigate the death of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupier LaVoy Finicum."
"Responding to the letter, the Oregon Governor’s Office said state and local authorities have already investigated Finicum’s death, and the matter is closed."
http://www.bendbulletin.com/localst...or-releases-malheur-occupation-communications
This is from March 4, 2016 - on E Mail and other communications involving Kate Brown's office on the occupation of the wildlife refuge and ways to end it.
"On Jan. 15, Brett Brownscombe, the governor’s natural resource policy adviser, wrote about his recent discussions with Harney County Judge Steve Grasty and Grant County Commissioner Boyd Britton.
Brownscombe wrote that Britton told him he had confirmed that refuge occupiers had visited Grant County at least twice, meeting with Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer for lunch. Britton was concerned he “does not know where Sheriff Palmer stands,” Brownscombe wrote, and that if those then at the refuge returned to Grant County and attempted to occupy the courthouse, Forest Service office, or another building, it was possible Palmer would not enforce the law.
Brownscombe wrote what he described as a question asked by Britton.
“There is a lot of open road traveling between Harney and Grant Co.,” read Brownscombe’s email. “Doesn’t it seem like an opportunity for law enforcement to stop the occupiers on their way and make some arrests?”
"Eleven days later, Oregon State Police arrested occupation leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy and others during traffic stops on the road between Harney and Grant counties. Occupier Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was shot and killed."
"On Jan. 18, state Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas, wrote to Brown. Writing that he and the governor agreed about little beyond law enforcement, he urged Brown to put pressure on the FBI to set up a security perimeter around the refuge to “freeze out the occupiers peacefully.” "
"Two days later, Brown wrote to President Barack Obama and Attorney General Loretta Lynch. In her letter to Lynch, Brown asked the FBI to bring the occupation to an end.
“The residents of Harney County are being intimidated in their own hometown by armed criminals who appear to be seeking occasions for confrontation,” Brown wrote. “The harm being done to the innocent men, women and children of Harney County is real and manifest. With each passing day, tensions increase exponentially.”
The three leaders of the Occupation, Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, and Robert LaVoy Finicum, were taken prisoner or shot and killed by Oregon state troopers and/or by FBI agents on January 26, 2016 in Harney county, Oregon, on the road to Grant county and a meeting where people there were waiting for them to speak.
Kate Brown called them criminals, and most of the authorities in Harney county wanted them out and arrested. But the sheriff of Grant county and many citizens of that county were waiting for Ammon and Ryan Bundy and LeVoy Fenicom to speak to them about the issues of federal ownership of most of the lands in several Western states - and state authorities from Arizona were concerned about the killing of Fenicom. Utah supported their cause to some extent. Kate Brown is a Democrat and appealed to the Democratic President and Attorney General to end the Occupation.