PEACEFUL
PEACEFUL PROTEST TURNED INTO A SHOVING MATCH THIS MORNING AT
THE HEALTH DISTRICT
OFFICE IN CALDWELL AS A
MEETING TO DISCUSS A
MASK MANDATE IS
SCRUBBED.
THE GROUP-- LED BY
ACTIVIST AMMON
BUNDY-- IS DEMANDING
TRANSPARENCY FROM
THE GOVERNMENT.
SINCE THIS MORNING'S
SKIRMISH -- THERE'S BEEN
A LOT OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHETHER WHAT
HAPPENED WAS LEGAL.
OUR MISTY INGLET SPOKE
WITH FORMER ATTORNEY
GENERAL DAVE LEROY --
AND THE MAN AT THE
CENTER OF THIS
ARGUMENT.
SHE JOINS US LIVE WITH
WHAT SHE LEARNED.
MISTY?
MISTY?
THERE
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH THIS MEETING.
FIRST, THE PUBLIC COULD
LISTEN TO THE MEETING
VIA ZOOM....BUT SOME
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WANTED TO ATTEND IN
PERSON AND BE ABLE TO
COMMENT, UNDER
IDAHO'S OPEN MEETING
LAW.
THE SECOND PROBLEM
DEALT WITH MASKS,
WHICH IS WHY THE
HEALTH DISTRICT SAYS
THE GROUP WAS NOT
ALLOWED IN.
ALLOWED IN.
1:22
1:22 "YOU'RE GOING TO CANCEL THE MEETING OR
YOU'RE GOING TO LET US
IN OR YOU'RE GOING TO
CALL THE OFFICERS TO
ARREST US." 1:26
AMMON BUNDY, ALONG
WITH SEVERAL OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE GROUP
"PEOPLE'S RIGHTS",
GATHERED OUTSIDE
SOUTHWEST DISTRICT
HEALTH ON THURSDAY -
DEMANDING THEY BE LET
INSIDE THE BUILDING TO
ATTEND THE PUBLIC
BOARD MEETING..
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS
VIDEO THAT A STAFF
MEMBER PHYSICALLY
BLOCKS BUNDY FROM
GOING IN TO THE
BUILDING.....
BUNDY EVENTUALLY
PUSHES HIS WAY PAST THE
MAN....
"THIS IS NOT YOUR
BUILDING!"
AND LATER,
A BIT OF "TUG-OF-WAR"
BETWEEN THE PEOPLE'S
RIGHTS MEMBERS AND
HEALTH STAFF.
HEALTH STAFF.
IN
IN A
IN A STATEMENT, SOUTHWEST DISTRICT HEALTH SAYS THE GROUP
WAS INTERRUPTING
CLINICAL SERVICES AND
POSSIBLY VIOLATING H-
P-A-A PROTOCOLS.
P-A-A PROTOCOLS.
IT
IT ALSO
IT ALSO SAYS QUOTE...."THE GROUP WAS NOT DENIED ACCESS TO
THE BUILDING, BUT WAS
ASKED TO FOLLOW A
REQUIREMENT FOR
SCREENINGS AND FACE
COVERINGS"
4:47 THEM MAKING THAT
STATEMENT IS A
MISREPRESENTATION OF
WHAT ACTUALLY
HAPPENED." 4:51
3:59
"WE SHOWED UP TO THE
BUILDING, THEY
INFORMED US IT WAS
LOCKED, THERE WAS
NEVER ANYTHING SAID
ABOUT 'YOU CAN COME
IN IF YOU WEAR A MASK,
IF YOU GO THROUGH THE
PROCESS.' THERE WAS
ABSOLUTELY NONE OF
THAT." 4:13
WHILE BUNDY ADMITS, HE
WOULD NOT HAVE WORN
A MASK IF ASKED, HIS
MAIN ISSUE WAS THE
LACK OF ACCESS TO A
SUPPOSEDLY PUBLIC
MEETING.
IDAHO'S OPEN MEETINGS
LAW -- TITLE 74, CHAPTER
2 -- STATES THAT ALL
PUBLIC MEETINGS MUST
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR IN-PERSON
ATTENDANCE.
HOWEVER IN MARCH OF
THIS YEAR, GOV. BRAD
LITTLE ISSUED AN
EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION, PART OF WHICH
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED
IN-PERSON MEETING
REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE
OF COVID-19.
THAT ORDER WAS
RENEWED JULY 10TH.
BECAUSE OF THAT,
FORMER IDAHO ATTORNEY
GENERAL DAVID LEROY
SAYS..
3:01
SAYS.. 3:01 "ON THE FACE OF IT, SINCE
THE GOVERNOR'S
PROCLAMATION WAS
RENEWED, THERE WAS A
BASIS FOR THE
SOUTHWEST HEALTH
PEOPLE TO NOT LET
ANYBODY IN THE
BUILDING." 3:16
BUT DOES THE GOVERNOR
EVEN HAVE THAT
AUTHORITY?
4:50
AUTHORITY? 4:50 "HE HAS THE AUTHORITY
SPECIFICALLY UNDER 46-
1008
TO SUSPEND PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE
PROCEDURES FOR THE
CONDUCT OF PUBLIC
BUSINESS." 4:57
SPECIFICALLY, THAT
SECTION OF LAW STATES
THE GOVERNOR CAN
ISSUE EXECUTIVE ORDERS
AND PROCLAMATIONS
THAT HAVE THE FULL
EFFECT OF LAW.
5:55
"WE HAVE BEEN SAYING
FROM THE BEGINNING
THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS
SUSPENDED OUR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
6:00
6:36
6:00 6:36
6:00 6:36 "IT'S A MONARCHY. WE
DON'T LIVE IN A
MONARCHY, WE LIVE IN A
CONSTITUTIONAL
REPUBLIC. THE POWER IS
SUPPOSED TO BE TO OUR
REPRESENTATIVES. 6:43
6:56
"IT'S NOT RIGHT, IT'S NOT
LAWFUL AND I CERTAINLY
WILL CHALLENGE IT IN
EVERY WAY THAT I
POSSIBLY CAN." 7:04
AS
AS FOR
AS FOR WHETHER SOUTHWEST DISTRICT HEALTH CAN LEGALLY
REQUIRE THE PUBLIC TO
WEAR A MASK INSIDE THE
BUILDING, LEROY SAYS
THERE IS NO SPECIFIC
IDAHO LAW THAT DEALS
WITH THAT.
WITH THAT.
HOWEVER,
HOWEVER, HIS LEGAL OPINION IS IT'S ALLOWED BECAUSE PUBLIC
BUILDINGS HAVE THE
SAME AUTHORITY AS
PRIVATE ONES TO
REGULATE CONDUCT.
BECAUSE THERE IS NO
SPECFIC LAW, THAT'S A BIT
OF A GREY AREA.
MARK?
MARK? THAT BOARD MEETING WAS RESCHEDULED.
NO NEW DATE, OR
LOCATION, FOR IT HAS
BEEN DETERMINED.