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malaise

(269,054 posts)
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 07:39 AM Jan 2016

Hilarious stuff - Oregon militia leader's plea to refuge holdouts: 'I love you ... go home'

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/27/oregon-militia-standoff-ammon-bundy-arrested-malheur-national-wildlife-refuge-occupation-leave
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Militia leader Ammon Bundy presented a loud-and-clear message to the protesters who continue to stand their ground at the occupied refuge in rural Oregon: It’s time to go home.

After a Wednesday afternoon hearing in federal court in Portland, Mike Arnold, Bundy’s lawyer, read a statement from Bundy, who was arrested on a remote highway on Tuesday afternoon in a confrontation and shootout with police that resulted in the death of protest spokesman LaVoy Finicum.

“To those who remain at the refuge, I love you. Let us take this fight from here,” Arnold said, standing on the steps of the downtown courthouse, reading a written statement from Ammon. “Please stand down. Go home and hug your families. This fight is ours for now, in the courts.”

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There is dashcam video of a shootout so expect attempted murder charges as well
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