(Wikipedia already has a page!) Militia occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

[icymist]

On January 2, 2016, armed[9] anti-government[10] members of rump militias occupied the headquarters building at the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in rural southeastern Oregon in protest of the pending imprisonment of ranchers Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven Hammond. The two were convicted on charges of arson in 2012 for unlawfully setting fire to federal land under a domestic anti-terrorism law after setting brush fires to clear grazing land without the required permit.[11] Ammon Bundy, the leader of the group now calling themselves Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, said he began leading the occupation after receiving a divine message ordering him to do so.[12][13] The group has also stated that local people should control use of federal land.[14]

Although their sentences and imprisonment were a stated cause of the dispute, the Hammonds have repeatedly rejected the intervention of militias. Dwight Hammond's wife stated, "I don't really know the purpose of the guys who are out there."

Some of the militia members stated that they were ready to "kill and be killed" in the standoff.[15] The takeover sparked a debate in the U.S. on the meaning of the word "terrorist" in the context of domestic terrorism in the country, and furthermore on how the media and law enforcement treat situations involving people of different ethnicities or religions.[16][17][18]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_occupation_of_the_Malheur_National_Wildlife_Refuge

[msongs]

1. aka feds defer to white privilege and gun owner privilege yet again nt

[RKP5637]

2. Imagine anyone else doing this. They would be jailed, dead or maimed for life.

More and more in the US if you're white, have a gun and act like an asshole you get your way. ... been that way before, but now more bold for the 21st century, and the feds cater to a wild west mentality.

It reeks of what is wrong with the US!

Problem is, the message seems to be, hey, it's OK, try it in a few more places too.

[onehandle]

3. I suggested that the entry be merged with a similar entry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sildenafil

[catnhatnh]

4. Here we go....

"Dwight Hammond, a cattle rancher in Harney County, owns 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) of land, much of which abuts public land".

Fuck this clown with barbed wire. People in this country are starving and he wants more land...