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Vol. 80/No. 24 June 20, 2016
‘Release report’ on cop killing of Idaho rancher
Protesters outside the Idaho Capitol in Boise May 20 demanded release of
a report on the cop killing of rancher Jack Yantis near Council, Idaho,
Nov. 1. State police gave the Attorney General their investigation
results in early March. “They’re stalling,” Sharon Ketchum told the
Idaho Statesman at the protest.
Yantis was killed when cops called him to the scene after a car hit one
of his bulls. As Yantis aimed his rifle to put the animal out of its
misery, one of the deputies grabbed him and spun him around, and the two
cops fired. Donna Yantis, Jack’s wife, and Rowdy Paradis, his nephew,
who witnessed the shooting, were thrown to the ground, handcuffed and
not allowed to render aid.
An attorney for the cops, who are on paid leave, claims the family’s
account is “not accurate in numerous material respects.” The Attorney
General’s office says it won’t set a date to release the report to avoid
“a rush to judgement.”
“If we don’t get a decision, we plan to have a rally every month at the
Capi-tol,” Rebecca Barrow, who is active in the “Justice for Jack”
fight, said in a phone interview.
“It’s on everybody’s mind,” Johanna Nielsen, a rancher and friend of the
Yantis family, told the Militant from Council June 2. “It’s like a
bubble waiting to burst.”
— SETH GALINSKY
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