Militia takes over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters TAKE 2

[Irving]

Davsel, I really appreciate your following this so closely and updating this thread for everyone.

[davsel]

Davsel, I really appreciate your following this so closely and updating this thread for everyone.

I get most of the updates straight from http://theconservativetreehouse.com/. I just pass them on.
The guys running TheConservativeTreehouse have done a great job in the past with researching and consolidating info on various newsworthy topics, and they always provide links to their sources.
I started following them during the Travon Martin nonsense.

[Dave]

http://www.gq.com/story/oregon-milit...ks-in-the-mail

[Joe_K]

https://youtu.be/voAcldhGkYU

Interesting take on the current situation.
I like this guy's YT channel, got a lot of good info on long range shooting.

[Irving]

Wife is saying shots fired up there. One guy dead and Bundy arrested.

[Irving]

CNN is still reporting about Trump not going to a debate.

[Irving]

http://www.opb.org/news/series/burns...harney-county/


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/militia-...ted-in-oregon/

[hollohas]

Sounds like they were on the way to another meeting, got pulled over and gun fight started.

EDIT: The feds picked up many other "militants", as the media calls them, today too in multiple locations. Sounds to me like this was not just a traffic stop but an organized and planned arrest of the protesters.

Also arrested were his brother, Ammon Bundy, 40, of Emmett, Idaho, and Ryan W. Payne, 32, of Anaconda, Mont., Brian Cavalier, 44, of Bunkerville, Nevada, and Shawna J. Cox, 59, of Kanab, Utah. They were charged with conspiracy to impede federal officers, a felony.

The identity of the person killed in the shootout was not released by authorities, but the daughter of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, 55, of Arizona, said her father was to be part of the entourage going to John Day.

Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore said that Ammon Bundy called his wife Lisa Bundy from the back of a police car on Tuesday night.

Fiore, a vocal supporter of the Bundy family, said that Ammon Bundy told his wife that Finicum was cooperating with police and had put his hands up. Then, Fiore said, Bundy told his wife that he watched police shoot Finicum three times. She said that Ammon Bundy also said Finicum was on the ground when he was shot.

In Burns, Oregon State Police also arrested Joseph D. O'Shaughnessy, 45, Cottonwood, Arizona. He is known in militia circles as "Captain."

Several hours later, Jon Ritzheimer, 32, a key militant leader, surrendered to police on the conspiracy charge. He gained national fame for complaining on a video about the delivery of sex toys to the refuge in response to the occupiers' plea for supplies.

Police also arrested Pete Santilli, an independent broadcaster known for his aggressive manner and live streaming refuge events. Details of his charges couldn't immediately be learned.

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-sta..._militant.html

[Irving]

In retrospect, then leaving the compound all the time was going to be their downfall. All the Feds had to do was let them get comfortable with that freedom and then pick them off whenever they wanted. It seems foolish to have everyone leaving in groups at the same time. Not that I'd know how to handle that situation or anything.

[hollohas]

Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore said that Ammon Bundy called his wife, Lisa Bundy, from the back of a police car on Tuesday night.

Fiore, a vocal supporter of the Bundy family, said that Ammon Bundy told his wife that Finicum was cooperating with police and had put his hands up. Then, Fiore said, Bundy told his wife that he watched police shoot Finicum three times. She said that Ammon Bundy also said Finicum was on the ground when he was shot.

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-sta..._militant.html

I would expect that with such a high profile situation and arrest, one that anyone could easily predict would go bad, that LE had cameras rolling. I'm guessing the above quote likely isn't true (partially because I don't think he would have gotten a phone call from the patrol car after a shoot out and felony arrest) but the report alone could get more people worked up. Let's hope the police release the videos quickly to keep this from getting any more out of control.