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Oregon militia in standoff with feds names themselves
Oregon militia in standoff with feds names themselves
Oregon militia in standoff with feds names themselves. The militia group at the center of a standoff on the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon said they are occupying federal land in protest in order to restore the constitution. Ammon Bundy – the son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who was involved in an armed standoff with the government over grazing rights – said his group will stay there as long as it takes to see justice served. On Monday, he told reporters that the collective of protesters had decided to name themselves “Citizens for Constitutional Freedom.” The case that brought self-described armed patriots from across the country to Oregon involves a pair of Oregon ranchers convicted of burning federal land. And while the milita group insists they are acting in support of the Hammonds, the Hammonds say they don’t want the protesters at the refuge. .A group of over 100 ranchers have holed up at the U.S. wildlife refuge in Princeton, Oregon to protest the jailing of two ranchers. It began Saturday after a protest in Burns, Oregon. The group split with the rest of the crowd and began the occupation at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to support Dwight Hammond, Jr. and his son Steven. The two were convicted of arson in 2012 for setting fires that spread to public land. On Saturday they turned themselves in to federal authorities after prosecutors won an appeal which resulted in their resentencing to longer terms, even though they both served their time. http://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-burns-bundy-militia-plan-hammonds-prison
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