Oregon Occupation Escalates After Arrests

Published on Jan 27, 2016

On Tuesday, Oregon State Police and the FBI arrested some of the leaders linked to the occupation of a federal wildlife refuge.
Though Ammon and Ryan Bundy are now in custody, their protest at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge continues.
According to recent reports, the militia members dug into the wildlife refuge may have suspected an escalation in law enforcement efforts.
Other key members of the 26-day occupation have allegedly returned home for short stays to say goodbye to their families.
At least two refuge occupants have traveled to Utah and back already.
Another occupier from Arizona stated he was planning to see his wife and children before heading back north.

1.27.16    Militias Get Reinforcements After Bundys Get Busted

The police and FBI might have cut the head off the occupation movement at a federal wildlife refuge, but they’ve also made the armed men more determined not to leave.

The leaders of the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon have been captured, but the remaining occupiers have only become more determined.On Tuesday, Oregon State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation laid a roadblock north of Burns, where they knew that at least Ammon and Ryan Bundy would be passing through for a meeting with residents. It was the perfect place to set a trap: the stretch of canyon the road passes through has no cell-phone reception for about an hour and it’s nearly impossible to turn around in.The Bundy group, riding in two vehicles, were stopped. At some point, LaVoy Finicum, one of the leaders of the refuge occupiers, got out of a vehicle and was shot to death by police. Ryan Bundy, brother of Ammon, was shot in the arm. The Bundys were arrested on charges of conspiracy to obstruct federal agents, along with Shawna Cox, Bryan Cavalier, and Ryan Payne.    

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