It took an Idaho jury 30 minutes to acquit Rex Rammell of an obstruction of justice charge filed against him last year. The charge stemmed from an event in which Fish and Game officials or authorized personnel, were shooting and killing Rammell’s elk just outside his fencing as he was attempting to lure them back into his ranch. Rammell sat down on one dead elk that he owned in order to prevent officials from taking what he considered his private property. He was arrested and charged with obstruction.
Some argue that once the elk had left Rammell’s property, it is no longer considered his property. Isn’t that flawed thinking? If this were true everything we own would no longer be rightfully our once it is removed from our personal property. What if you don’t own land or a home? You rightfully own nothing?
Rammell has filed a $1.3 million torte claim against the state of Idaho for damages.
Tom Remington
