Ok this is a big WTF, how the hell were these guys acquitted?!?

PORTLAND, Ore. — Armed antigovernment protesters led by Ammon and Ryan Bundy, charged in the takeover of a federally owned Oregon wildlife sanctuary in January, were acquitted Thursday of federal conspiracy and weapons charges.

The surprise verdict in Federal District Court was a blow to the government, which had argued that the group used force and threats of violence to occupy the reserve, impeding the federal workers there. But the jury appeared swayed by the occupiers’ contention that they were protesting government overreach and posed no threat.

In a sign of the high tensions throughout the trial, Ammon Bundy’s lawyer, Marcus R. Mumford, was restrained by four United States Marshals in courtroom tussle after the verdict on Thursday. He was enraged that the Bundys were not being immediately released.

Later Thursday, Matthew Schindler, one of the defense lawyers, said: “It’s a great victory to hear the individuals in this trial prevail. It’s a tremendous victory.” As he was speaking, supporters outside the courthouse chanted: “Praise God. Praise God.”

Source: New York Times

If these guys were black or Muslim, they would have been convicted so fast or as a friend put it, shot on the spot for pulling the same bullshit.  Why is it that right wing terrorism is given a pass (you’re more likely to be killed by a right wing extremist) but if a mass shooter is brown, it’s automatically assumed to be Muslim extremists?  Where are all the law and order Republicans, shouldn’t they be outraged that these people were not convicted, hell they pointed guns at their beloved police officers…

There are many things wrong with the American justice system and this illustrates the point with an exclamation mark.