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Quixote1818

(28,943 posts)
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 05:49 PM Jan 2016

Oregon militants LaVoy Finicum and Ryan Bundy travel to Utah to plot another armed showdown [View all]

Source: Rawstory


By Travis Gettys

Two of the Oregon militants have been traveling out of state to meet with other groups who want the federal government to hand over public land to their control.

LaVoy Finicum said he left the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last week and drove to Utah with one of the other armed militants, reported OPB.

He later identified his travel companion as Ryan Bundy, and he claimed they met with county officials eager to engage in a similar standoff with federal authorities over public land ownership.

Finicum said the occupied visitors center, which the militants have renamed the Harney County Resource Center, was a symbolic victory and inspiration to other anti-government extremists.


Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/oregon-militants-lavoy-finicum-and-ryan-bundy-travel-to-utah-to-plot-another-armed-showdown/

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Should have arrested them on the highway. hobbit709 Jan 2016 #1
Why the FUCK haven't they been arrested? dbackjon Jan 2016 #2
Honeypot maggies farm Jan 2016 #4
Crossing state lines? Ned Flanders Jan 2016 #18
White. Privilege. Feeling the Bern Jan 2016 #12
White Supremacy. blackspade Jan 2016 #21
I Get Not Wanting Another Waco or Ruby Ridge SDJay Jan 2016 #3
At this point of see nothing big wrong with s Waco-like outcome. Lucky Luciano Jan 2016 #7
There are children at the refuge ribrepin Jan 2016 #14
I Do SDJay Jan 2016 #15
See Fred Hampton (RIP) for more info - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #23
This is crazy! The Feds are either playing 3 dimentional chess here or sucking their FailureToCommunicate Jan 2016 #5
I want to know what enforcement is waiting for. Gregorian Jan 2016 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Jan 2016 #8
And why wouldn't they make additional efforts? Paladin Jan 2016 #9
I am red dog 1 Jan 2016 #13
Your kids are going in first, right? metalbot Jan 2016 #19
We aren't talking about going to war over lies. ohnoyoudidnt Jan 2016 #31
Sign Petition To Obama To Arrest Ammon Bundy red dog 1 Jan 2016 #10
just signed SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #24
Thank you for your link. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2016 #28
Prepare yourself for the long haul maggies farm Jan 2016 #11
And here's the thing.... blackspade Jan 2016 #25
Why are they allowed to leave??? AllyCat Jan 2016 #16
Whitehouse.gov Petition moreland01 Jan 2016 #17
Why were these two assholes not arrested? blackspade Jan 2016 #20
And now they can repeat the same thing elsewhere until flamingdem Jan 2016 #22
Because... MrWendel Jan 2016 #26
Seems like its working just fine phantom power Jan 2016 #32
Well apparently... MrWendel Jan 2016 #33
We need a law! Kennah Jan 2016 #27
Maybe the FBI libodem Jan 2016 #29
Wait StoneCarver Jan 2016 #30
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