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Idaho GOP Weaver Resolution a Welcome Move but Falls Short of Needed Action

Randy Weaver img: Courtesy Kootenai County Sheriff's Office

The resolution, which is being forwarded to the prosecutor, the president, and the U.S. attorney general calls upon Boundary County Prosecutor Andrakay Pluid to bring charges of murder against Lon Horiuchi [and] calls on President Donald Trump to issue a full posthumous pardon to Randy Weaver for the “failure to appear” conviction.

‘Stand Your Ground’ Recalls Nightmare Ordeal After Lawful Self-Defense

We know that something similar to what was forced on him, where we suddenly find ourselves having to defend ourselves against a previously unknown threat, could happen when we least expect it. And we know that police and prosecutors will often be personally and politically incentivized to treat us like criminals, and to interpret events to support their interests rather than ours.