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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFederal Building taken over by Violent Protestors!
They stayed for 40 days with no teargas, rubber bullets, or pepper spray.
The even got to receive care packages.
Of course this was four years ago, and they were just heavily armed, disgruntled white men with
strange religious ideas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Malheur_National_Wildlife_Refuge
leftieNanner
(15,199 posts)Bundy Boys.
superpatriotman
(6,254 posts)We do not
Hekate
(91,005 posts)Words fail me
keithbvadu2
(37,040 posts)There were LEOs supporting Bundy while the sniper was sighting in on LEO badges.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,382 posts)2 years apart.
The Bundy Standoff Happened in 2014 and thats where this famous photo was taken;
The Malheur event was 2016 and generated THIS famous list of needed supplies;
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Militia. In 2014 this same Crew were all at Bundy's so called Ranch in Bunkerville Nevada. Ranch,that raised Watermelons.
Amy-Strange
(854 posts)-
If I remember correctly, he was the only one that voted against the Patriot Act. Sorry, I'm a little fuzzy on all that, but I'm still so suspicious of the way he died.
We were protesting the Bush Wars in Seattle the next day, and his name was chanted almost throughout the whole march.
That was pretty cool.
Sorry, if I'm bothering you with this.
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Shared Grand Kid Pictures many a time in Northfield over a decade of the Nineties.
Amy-Strange
(854 posts)-
His legacy should live forever!
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UpInArms
(51,291 posts)Protesting when I heard he had died in a plane crash ...
My heart was and is broken ... he was one of the best
Amy-Strange
(854 posts)-
He wasn't really a politician, or a rebel.
He just did what was right.
That takes brains and guts.
He was and still is my favorite of all time!
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BComplex
(8,082 posts)If anyone has read the damned things, you know they pretty much dismantled the constitution.
Amy-Strange
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bullitra
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relayerbob
(6,561 posts)Sadly, no one's tear gassed them yet.
PandoraAwakened
(905 posts)keithbvadu2
(37,040 posts)They called for their supporters to come kill the police in that Oregon occupation.
AllaN01Bear
(18,745 posts)and another state cap. all the rest were unapproved by the thing.
central scrutinizer
(11,666 posts)Wuss
roamer65
(36,748 posts)If I were President, I would have ordered a raid on Malheur.
maxsolomon
(33,449 posts)Given what transpired in the trial (Jury Nullification), he would have walked away Scot Free and been a hero to Welfare Ranchers, Sagebrush Rebels, and Gunners everywhere. Instead he chose to buy his own bullshit and turn that pointless crusade it into his personal apocalypse.
Not unlike many of the Branch Davidians.
kacekwl
(7,026 posts)make me so angry that these criminals were allowed to basically walk away as hero's to many. To this day many of them are still causing problems.
greblach
(257 posts)or as some people called them Vanilla Isis...this has been repeated when the gun nuts show up at state capitols to try and intimidate...funny how they are treated differently...
Archae
(46,373 posts)Fat guy, mustache?
Just a few days ago that Meal Team 6 squad member was busted after a high-speed chase with cops and was wounded in a shootout.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213786770
RandiFan1290
(6,261 posts)Hotler
(11,475 posts)They got pissed. "STOP SENDING US DICKS" they yelled on camera.
dsharp88
(487 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 25, 2020, 01:39 PM - Edit history (1)
because they didn't want to wear masks. No arrests, and trump tweeted, "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!"
Illumination
(2,458 posts)The longest Federal take over was for the ADA. It would have never been a reality with out protesting!