Oregon Town Torn Apart by Protest at Wildlife Refuge
By JULIE TURKEWITZ and KIRK JOHNSON
JAN. 29, 2016
BURNS, Ore. The courthouse is still blocked by concrete bollards. Tires have been slashed. Family members and old friends have argued and refused to speak again. Fights have broken out in church ...
This county is so tore up, it will never be the same ever, said Jeff Dixson, 68, a wildlife photographer and former truck driver who said he supported many of the occupiers goals, making him unpopular with many neighbors. Theres a lot of people that have told me they aint never going to talk to me again ...
On Thursday, the F.B.I. released a video showing Oregon State Police troopers shooting Mr. Finicum, 54, after he tried to drive around a roadblock and reached for his gun. The authorities hoped the video would quell accusations that Mr. Finicum was gunned down with his hands up, but not everyone was satisfied. Many citizens who watched the video do not accept the F.B.I.s account of what happened.
It is absolutely another dividing line with one side saying it was coldblooded murder and the other side is saying it was completely justified, said Linsay Tyler, 33, a rancher who was born and raised in the county ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/us/burns-oregon-protest.html?_r=0
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(32,894 posts)These government hating gun bumpers need to be dealt with. Maybe the example of these people will deter more of them.