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Militia Occupies Federal Building in Oregon After Rancher Arson Convictions

posted by cmn32480 on Monday January 04 2016, @04:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the seeds-of-revolution dept.

takyon writes:

NPR is reporting on this tale of direct action:

A self-styled militia in eastern Oregon grabbed national headlines Saturday when they broke into the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. There the armed group remains Sunday, occupying the federal building in protest of what it sees as government overreach on rangelands throughout the western United States.

"We stand in defense," Ammon Bundy, the group's apparent leader and spokesperson, told Oregon Public Broadcasting. "And when the time is right we will begin to defend the people of Harney County, [Ore.,] in using the land and the resources."

Ammon's brother, Ryan, has reportedly used harsher rhetoric, saying members of the militia are willing to kill or be killed.

Their last name may ring a bell. Ammon and Ryan Bundy are sons of rancher Cliven Bundy, who notably took part in an armed standoff with the federal Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, in Nevada in 2014.

Ammon Bundy now is part of a group of 15 to 150 people — depending on which source you believe — who are protesting the arson convictions of two Oregon ranchers, Dwight Hammond Jr. and his son, Steven.

Also at Oregon Live, NYT, and the Associated Press.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 04 2016, @10:24PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 04 2016, @10:24PM (#284787)

    oh come on! you gotta give us a link for that because it sure doesn't show up in a cursor gooogle search.

  • (Score: 2) by snick on Monday January 04 2016, @11:09PM

    by snick (1408) on Monday January 04 2016, @11:09PM (#284820)

    Google: militia sheriff mother
    It is the top result: http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/12/militiamen_ranchers_in_showdow.html [oregonlive.com]

    The sheriff said three militiamen and one woman, one with a gun strapped to his hip, engaged his 74-year-old mother and 78-year-old father at a yard sale being held at the American Legion. When the men criticized the sheriff, his mother bristled, and said she didn't need their protection from the government.

    Later, the men showed up at the sheriff's office to complain about the exchange involving his mother.

    She had, they said, threatened them.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 05 2016, @12:17AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 05 2016, @12:17AM (#284859)

    you gotta give us a link for that because it sure doesn't show up in a cursor gooogle search.

    Found your problem! See, if you are looking for your cursor on Google, well, probably not gonna find it. If you are typing in gooogle, you probably will not find your cursor either. Or maybe, since you cannot find your cursor, you cannot see what you are typing? Are you on a tablet? Are you running Windows 7?