Was a Federal Jury Right to Acquit the Bundy Brothers?
The hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest discuss the case’s unique verdict.
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In the Slate Plus bonus segment of Thursday’s edition of the Political Gabfest, hosts Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the surprising verdict of the Ammon Bundy case.
Last week, a federal jury found Ammon Bundy, his brother Ryan Buddy, and five co-defendants not guilty of conspiring to prevent federal employees from doing their jobs during the Bundys’ 41-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Now that the trial is over, what do the hosts think we can learn from the unusual nature of this case? Why did the verdict come as a surprise to so many Americans?
And lastly, why does Emily suspect that race played a role in the verdict?
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