Oregon militia dismiss armed supporters, negotiate with FBI
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An armed group who arrived at an Oregon wildlife refuge swiftly departed
after the leader of the occupation movement said they were “not
needed.” The occupation group is now negotiating with the FBI.
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departed after the leader of the occupation movement said they were “not
needed.” The occupation group is now negotiating with the FBI.
The self-styled militias
from around the Pacific Northwest were asked to leave, as those
occupying the wildlife refuge did not want to inflame the situation even
further. The leader of the occupation movement, Ammon Bundy, had not
asked the armed men to come.
“This was the last thing in the world they wanted to see happen,” Todd MacFarlane, a Utah lawyer who is acting as a mediator, told the Oregonian, as cited by AP.
He added that Bundy, who has his own group of around two dozen men, had “tried to put out the word: ‘We don’t need you.’”
The members of Bundy’s group, who call themselves Citizens for
Constitutional Freedom, held a cordial meeting with the FBI, in which
both sides conveyed what they wanted in a calm manner. During the
discussion, the occupation movement mentioned to the Feds that they
didn’t want the direct support of the regional militia groups.
Regional
militias, such as Pacific Patriots Network, Oath Keepers and III%, had
pledged to lend their support to Bundy. They arrived in a convoy of
around 18 vehicles at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, armed with
rifles and dressed in military fatigues.
Their leader, Brandon Curtiss, said the group had arrived to “de-escalate” the situation by providing security for those inside and outside the compound.
Bundy’s occupation movement took over the refuge on January 2, to
protest the re-sentencing of two Oregonian ranchers, Dwight and Steve
Hammond.
The two men were found guilty of arson after starting a
fire to clear their property that had spread to federal lands. Dwight,
73, originally received a sentence of three months in prison, while
Steve spent a year and a day in prison. However, federal prosecutors
appealed their sentences and requested they receive a minimum of five
years. The Hammonds turned themselves in on Monday.
Citizens for Constitutional Freedom is demanding the federal
government relinquish its claim on about three-quarters of the land in
the county, and then “return” it to local residents. However,
those same locals are unhappy with the militia presence. At a Harney
County community meeting on Wednesday night, residents cheered when Ward
called on the outsiders to go home.
The federal government hadn’t
stolen the land from the locals, however. It was taken from the
indigenous people in what was to become Harney County nearly two
centuries ago.
“The protesters have no right to this land. It belongs to the native people who live here,”
Charlotte Rodrique, chair of the Paiute tribe in Burns, said on
Wednesday in front of the tribe’s cultural center. The tribe accused the
Bundy-led group of “desecrating one of our sacred sites.”
Bundy
has repeatedly rejected calls from the authorities to leave the refuge.
The standoff is seeing Bundy pitting himself against Harney County
Sheriff David Ward, who is leading federal efforts to end the occupation
peacefully. Although Bundy is not from Oregon, he says he speaks for
the interests of the local Harney County community. However, Ward says
local residents want him to leave.
Bundy met briefly with Sheriff
Ward on Thursday, but his offer of safe passage out of the state of
Oregon as a way to end the standoff was rejected.
However, on Friday, Bundy said: “We will take that offer, but not yet and we will go out of this county and out of this state as free men.”
Pacific Patriot Network Pay Surprise Visit To FBI Hand Delivers Articles Of Resolution In Oregon
The Pacific Patriot Network Showed up in Oregon at the wildlife refuge to act as a buffer and to open up a dialog between the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom (Bundy’s Group)
To hand deliver the articles for resolution in hopes to “deescalate” the situation.
Local Media outlets report the CCF does not want PPN there.
Pacific Patriot Network Meets With FBI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5w99…
Press Conference
Pacific Patriot Network Meets With FBI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5w99…
Press Conference
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