White Militia Takes Over Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge sparks racial debate
White Militia Takes Over Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
A white militia is making national headlines for its hostile takeover of an Oregon federal building.
Over 150 white men recently took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to protest a prison sentence for ranchers convicted of arson.
The terrorists are yielding guns and “have not ruled out the possibility of violence.”
Militia members protesting a federal prison sentence for two Oregon ranchers convicted on charges of setting fire to federal land have occupied the headquarters of a national park, the OregonLive reports.The protesters include Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s son, Ammon, and two of his brothers. Also among them is Ryan Payne, who organized snipers to aim weapons at federal officers during the Bundy Ranch standoff last year.They told OregonLive that they are accompanied by about 150 others and are hunkered down at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters. The group is described by reporter Les Zaitz as “hard core militia” who adopted the ranchers’ cause as their own.“The facility has been the tool to do all the tyranny that has been placed upon the Hammonds,” Ammon Bundy told Zaitz in a phone interview from inside the headquarters. “We’re planning on staying here for years, absolutely. This is not a decision we’ve made at the last minute.”He would not rule out the possibility of violence.
There’s now outrage over the media’s coverage of the militants.
ABC is also getting (rightfully) dragged in particular for calling them peaceful protestors.
There’s no way that if these men were black they’d be alive right now. They shot Tamir Rice for holding a toy gun within 2 seconds.
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Les Zaitz/The Oregonian via AP
Les Zaitz/The Oregonian via AP
