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In reply to the discussion: If you're a white gun humping government hating American seizing and occupying government land [View all]Saviolo
(3,280 posts)I watched the video, one officer had to dive out of the way of that truck as it came up on the snowbank directly at him.
They weren't committing violence, they were inviting it. Repeatedly. They said over and over that if the feds came to take the government-owned taxpayer-funded land back from the occupiers, that they would happily have a violent standoff with federal agents. They'd rather die than be in prison, etc...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/01/27/lavoy-finicum-ore-occupier-who-said-hed-rather-die-than-go-to-jail-did-just-that/
They had repeatedly told the media that they were armed and ready to retaliate if federal agents decided to intervene, so the federal agents were rightly worried about armed retaliation.