While waiting with Ammon and Aaron at the courthouse, after warrants were issued for them, police started pushing people around, injuring at least 2 people, as seen on video footage, and 2 other men were charged with battery to an officer while defending themselves and others. The 2 men charged with battery are Casey Baker and Garth Gaylord. They need our support as well! Here is a link to a video of the event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKaOVRnNGfo

CALL TO ACTION – Need support for RIGHTS VIOLATION in Boise. Ammon Bundy & Aaron Schmidt appeared at the Ada County Courthouse on 3/15 for their trial for their bogus trespassing charges, from when they were at the capitol for Idaho’s special session in August. Ammon & Aaron were denied entry to the courthouse for their trial because they would not wear a mask. Judge Manweiler then charged them with failure to appear and issued warrants for their arrest. They were arrested and taken to Ada County Jail, where they have been held in a very cold holding cell with no socks or shoes. Because Ammon and Aaron will not allow the guards to strip them down naked, as it goes against their religious beliefs, the guards have refused to book them or put them in a regular cell. The jail lied to Aaron’s wife and told her that her husband had been booked and was in a normal cell, while refusing to let Aaron use the phone to call her. She discovered the next day that they had lied to her and that he had not been booked at all and was still being held in a very cold cell, where they banged on the door every 15 minutes through the night, so that he could not sleep.

Peoples Rights needs boots on the ground in Boise to show support at the jail; at the courthouse, as there are other cases going on as well; to protest in front of Judge Manweiller’s house; and possibly a couple of other places.

Peoples Rights also needs people to contact the 4th Judicial District Court to express grievances and demand these men be released from jail; the Idaho Supreme Court to demand that the mask mandate be dropped, so that the people of Idaho have equal access to our courts & legal process; the Ada County Jail to show support & concern for Ammon and Aaron, to remind them that these men have not been convicted of any crime, and to keep pressure on them to treat our men humanely and like the innocent men that they are.

These men are fighting to preserve OUR RIGHTS. Their rights being openly violated like this puts us ALL AT RISK. We need to hold our state government accountable to the rule of the law.

Ada County Courthouse: 208-287-6900, [email protected]

Judge Manweiller Fax#: 208-287-6919

Supreme Court Judge Bevin (the one who did the mask mandate): 208-334-2246

Idaho Supreme Court: 208-334-2210, [email protected]

Ada County Jail: 208-577-3000

Ada County Prosecutor: [email protected]