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posted by takyon on Wednesday January 27 2016, @11:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the i-fought-the-law-and... dept.

Previously: Militia Occupies Federal Building in Oregon After Rancher Arson Convictions

Russia Today reports:

Ammon Bundy, the leader of the armed group occupying a federal wildlife refuge near Burns, Oregon, and four others have been arrested by law enforcement amid gunfire, according to the FBI.

At 4:25 pm on [January 26], the FBI and Oregon State Police "began an enforcement action to bring into custody a number of individuals associated with the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. During that arrest, there were shots fired", the Bureau said in a statement.

The FBI said one person who was "a subject of a federal probable cause arrest is deceased". He said they are not releasing any information on the person "pending identification by the medical examiner's office".

One person suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. He was arrested and is in custody.

The arrested individuals include:
- Ammon Edward Bundy, age 40, of Emmett, Idaho.
- Ryan C. Bundy, age 43, of Bunkerville, Nevada.
- Brian Cavalier, age 44, of Bunkerville, Nevada.
- Shawna Cox, age 59, of Kanab, Utah.
- Ryan Waylen Payne, age 32, of Anaconda, Montana.

CNN, NYT, Washington Post, BBC, OregonLive.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 27 2016, @08:37PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 27 2016, @08:37PM (#295537)

    Tell that to the forest.

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 27 2016, @09:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 27 2016, @09:16PM (#295566)

    If that forest didn't want to catch fire, it should have kept hydrated.

    The arab spring didn't happen because one street vendor suicided. It happened because the entire region had reached a breaking point. You want to look at the straw that broke the camel's back, I want to look at the camel because a straw is just a straw.

    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday January 28 2016, @03:16AM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday January 28 2016, @03:16AM (#295741) Journal

      because a straw is just a straw

      Until that straw falls in that place on that camel's back, it is. Then it's pivotal.

      Lots of people have been saying for years that the Middle East is a powder keg. I remember that exact phrase used to describe the region in my first social studies textbook in grade school. But the state of being a powder keg doesn't mean a whole lot if you take the lit match out of the picture.

      So, yes, one street vendor having committed suicide would not have touched off the Arab Spring without the long-pent up anger and frustration of millions of people suffering under autocratic regimes. But neither would that breaking point have been discovered or the wave of revolutions kicked off had that thing not happened at that place at that time.

      In this case, it's as plausible against the backdrop of deep discontent, no, anger, at the direction of the country for confrontations with the government like this one to touch off something larger. The murder of Michael Brown has touched off something much larger, which we all must concede no matter where we stand on that question. The original Occupy Wall Street protest touched off something much larger, too.

      --
      Washington DC delenda est.