Oregon occupiers stay holed up after FBI shows shooting video

[jpak]

Source: Reuters

Four anti-government militants held their ground at an Oregon wildlife refuge on Friday, a day after the FBI released a video of the fatal shooting of one of the protesters at a traffic stop.

As the standoff with federal authorities neared the end of its fourth week, Greg Bretzing, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Portland office, said on Thursday night authorities were trying to negotiate with the four holdouts.

They are holed up at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, 30 miles (48 km) from Burns, a small ranching community in the state's rural southeast.

The occupation's jailed leader, Ammon Bundy, has issued two messages through his attorney urging the remaining protesters to stand down, saying the group would continue their fight against federal land policy in court.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oregon-militia-fbi-idUSKCN0V71T7

[niyad]

1. wonder how much longer the feds are going to let this drag on.

[uppityperson]

9. Wait them out and arrest them when they emerge. One of them is seriously paranoid

and he is the one I'd expect to go violent.

[Nitram]

10. Niyad, after lessons learned at Waco and ruby ridge, they are playing it cool.

They gave them time to get over-confident, then arrested the leaders when they were away from the compound. the few that are left have nowhere to go, no way to communicate and will have to give up eventually without any further bloodshed. Looking foolish in the process.

[niyad]

16. no way to communicate? they are on their twitter accounts, etc., power has not been

cut off. I can understand the playing it cool bit, but this is getting ridiculous.

[reACTIONary]

13. I don't think it matters too much...

.... now that they are down to four and the leadership is occupying s different sort of federal facility. They'll eventually break down and give up.

[Kennah]

18. +1000

They are done. It's just a matter of time, and I don't think it will be long.

[hobbit709]

2. Upon their heads be the consequences.

no sympathy.

[L. Coyote]

12. Damn Republicans, such a nuisance sometimes.

[niyad]

17. you mean all the land that was stolen from its original inhabitants, broken treaties included?

[L. Coyote]

19. Old habits die hard, like taking land with guns, terrorizing natives, gunfights, liquor, gods & wars

It's a tradition with nowhere left to go.
These guys make me think they need to colonize the bottom of the ocean, so they have someplace to themselves.

[niyad]

20. hey, I have friends down there--why would you want them invaded by the scum?

I would like to send them to some distant galaxy, but the inhabitants thereof would probably not be too happy. actually, since so many of them believe in the rapture, I think it would be nice if that happened--last week would be nice.

[Randomthought]

3. they will come out

When they run out of beer and weed.

[TeamPooka]

22. Those dildos will keep them busy for months. nt

[Xipe Totec]

4. How's the snack situation? nt

[emulatorloo]

5. They have lots of canned vegetables. And a big ole bag of weed

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

6. They've found that some of the indian artifacts are in fact quite tasty!

[seaotter]

7. They have requested another "Bag of Dicks"

[pinboy3niner]

14. ...

[warrprayer]

15. No wonder they're cranky

All those dildos and no one sent any lube!

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

21. I read someone sent 55 gallons...

At least they posted the order form filled out.

[Wernothelpless]

8. Well, my black labrador would always turn to a meadow muffin under these circumstances ...

Hey, it's a hot meal ...

[L. Coyote]

11. Now they say they will come out after Hillary Clinton is arrested.

Invasive Loons! They put up another video.