Eyewitness to History

The Las Vegas Shooting and the Bundy Ranch Trial

Photo Credit: European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) / Mike Nelson.

On October 1, 2017, the 1October Las Vegas Strip became the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. I was there in the aftermath to report my findings. My year and a half journey traveling across the West in 2017/18 brought me to Las Vegas just days before the horrific mass shooting that ultimately left 58 people dead. While I was in the city to visit family and report on the federal Bundy Ranch et al. trial, the tragedy on the Las Vegas Strip became an immediate focal point. A few days after the event, I visited the scene to conduct my own findings. I shared my initial analysis, questioning the official narrative about the shooter, Stephen Paddock, and exploring the potential timing and context of the Bundy Ranch trial in a video titled "Stephen Paddock, here's what we've been told + What about the Bundy Ranch? Vincent Easley Il - Feedback V2E4 - 2017-10-06"

https://youtu.be/NpAqjj21zrw?si=MuvWQqi-lzrhLAOc Afterwards, my focus then turned back to the legal proceedings. A few weeks before Judge Gloria Navarro called a mistrial on Wednesday, December 20th, 2017, I spoke with Denise Rosch from News3LV about the slanted nature of a fair trial going forward. The news coverage of the trial's start can be found here: https://news3lv.com/news/local/trial-begins-for-cliven-bundy-sons-in-2014-bunkerville-standoff-with-blm After Judge Navarro officially declared the mistrial, I conducted an interview with Jake Morphonios outside Miller's Ale House in Henderson, Nevada. We discussed peculiar indications we observed regarding the mass murder on the Las Vegas Strip. https://youtu.be/esZ_1HuPI2E?si=JYBpmFFaeAFLQIOo Despite the complex legal and investigative matters, the human tragedy of the 1 October event was profound. The gut-wrenching scene outside UMC hospital—as the bodies of victims were put into funeral vans while tearful family members arrived—was captured in a post retweeted from Antonio Castelan (@AntonioNews3LV). https://t.co/qLhvHfyKy2 Two stories collided in Las Vegas that fall: a tragedy on the Strip and a trial that was shaking the foundations of how folks see their government. I was there for both, and I'm still telling what I saw. #LasVegas #BundyRanch #1October Read more of my work and other articles here. — Vincent Easley II https://reallibertymedia.com/author/https-reallibertymedia-com-author-vine

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