But in terms of going after people with these large-scale investigations. So is it not acceptable to do these kinds of undercover investigations-maybe not the way it was carried out. They go in with half a dozen guys, with automatic weapons, flak jackets, and black FBI suits and not only arrest them, but put them in leg chains and handcuffs. Back then they were a lot more gung ho, but they still came in this time and arrested these guys who have no criminal records and have never entertained a violent thought toward another human being.
Journalist Keith Kloor met with Hurst at his home to discuss Blanding's legacy of looting, the current case, and how best to deter pothunters.Ī federal raid on pothunters took place in Blanding in 1986. At the same time, the people of his hometown have a long tradition of pothunting, which Hurst argues won't be eradicated by enforcement alone. One of the accused was James Redd, 60, the town's prominent doctor, who killed himself the next day.Īrchaeologist Winston Hurst, who was born in Blanding and still lives there, is a staunch advocate of archaeological preservation. In the early morning hours of June 10, hundreds of federal agents descended on the small town of Blanding in southern Utah, arresting 16 residents for looting archaeological sites on public and tribal lands. Winston Hurst (Courtesy Crow Canyon Archaeological Center)
An archaeologist and his hometown's pothunting obsession
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