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Militia Occupies Federal Building in Oregon After Rancher Arson Convictions

posted by cmn32480 on Monday January 04 2016, @04:21PM   
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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Original Submission

• Build a wall to keep out the terrorists! (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 05 2016, @04:04AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 05 2016, @04:04AM (#284949)

  First, these chumps are just a bunch of terrorists with guns.
  Definitely NOT a militia.
  -THIS- is a militia. Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry [google.com]
  Has actually fought in wars.
  In continuous existence since 1793.
  Has an actual chain of command--not just a ragtag band of idiots.

  there was a significant-sized peaceful protest march

  Related:
  Oregon Considers Wall to Keep Out Angry White Men [newyorker.com]

  A majority of Oregonians favor building a twenty-foot wall along the border of their state to prevent angry white men from getting in, a poll released on Monday shows.

  The survey indicates that Oregonians are fed up with irate male Caucasians pouring into their state and bringing with them guns, violence, and terrorism.

  “This used to be such a nice state,” said Oregon State Senator Carol Foyler, a pro-wall lawmaker. “Since the angry white men came here, parts of it are unrecognizable.”

  But even as support for the Oregon wall grows, critics of the proposal say that it does nothing to address the fact that there are already thousands of angry white men living in the state.

  Those critics favor forcibly removing the angry white men through mass deportations and resettling them elsewhere, possibly in Texas.

  While some argue that the deportation of angry white men would separate them from their families, others believe that their families would be O.K. with seeing them go.

  -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]

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