Current Events –
Bundy, Oregon Terrorists Arrested
After 24 days and the utter lawlessness of occupying a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, Ammon Bundy and several of his government-hating terrorists have FINALLY been arrested.
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Federal authorities arrested the militia/terrorist leader, as well as his brother Ryan and at least 8 of their followers during a traffic stop late Tuesday. In an attempt to avoid capture, Bundy and his gang opened fire on authorities as they made the stop. According to the F.B.I. and the Oregon State Police, at least 1 person was killed in the melee.
The group adopted the name Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, then seized and occupied several buildings at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, about 30 miles southeast of Burns, Oregon. The refuge is operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and is government property. Their actions were in retaliation against the arrest of 2 local ranchers (Dwight Lincoln Hammond, Jr., 73, and his son, Steven Dwight Hammond, 46), who were sent to prison for setting fires on federal land.
Ammon and Ryan Bundy, Brian Cavalier, Shawna Cox and Ryan W. Payne were arrested during the stop. Joseph Donald O’Shaughnessy and online talk-show radio host Peter Santilli were arrested in Burns. Jon Ritzheimer was arrested after surrendering to authorities in his home state of Arizona. Each of the men are facing federal felony charges of conspiracy to impede officers of the United States from discharging their official duties, through the use of force, intimidation or threats.
LaVoy Finicum, who often spoke on behalf of the group at news conferences, was shot and killed during the confrontation. Ryan Bundy suffered a non-life threatening injury in the shooting.
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Despite 8 of the terrorist members being captured, an unknown number of them remain holed up inside the federal compound, which they have occupied since January 2nd.
“I am relieved this situation is coming to and end, however, I am saddened by the loss of life,” Harney County Judge Steve Grasty said Tuesday. “I hope and pray that those who remain at the refuge will stand down peacefully.”
Public sentiment has not been kind toward local and state authorities, for allowing the group of all white terrorists to overtake federal property for weeks without recourse. Many believe that had members of the Black Lives Matter movement or a group of Muslims seized and occupied federal property, authorities would have long since raided the property and arrested and/or killed everyone.
Keep em coming DJ…… Glad to hear that this spectacle is (for the most part) over. And though there are still a few fake soldiers refusing to surrender my guess is..with their leaders arleady in custody they will probably surrender soon (if they haven't done so already). Actually all things considered (how this entire event has played out) this story…and similar stories…gives me a lot of Hope for Our country. The leaders of this motley group of right-wing domestic terrorists, Ammon and Ryan Bundy, sent out a call to other like-minded right-ring groups to come join their occupation. But pretty much No One showed up. In fact, even their father Cliven Bundy (a right-wing nutjob himself) tried warning his sons that the occupation was a very BAD idea. They didn't listen. Now – I do agree with everyone who says that had a group of Blacks or Muslims or Hispanics/Latinos,… Read more »