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Oregon Standoff Leaders Acquitted For Malheur Wildlife Refuge Takeover

October 28, 2016

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A federal court jury on Thursday acquitted anti-government militant leader Ammon Bundy and six followers of conspiracy charges stemming from their role in the armed takeover of a U.S. wildlife center in Oregon earlier this year.

Bundy and others, including his brother and co-defendant Ryan Bundy, cast the 41-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge as a legitimate and patriotic act of civil disobedience. Prosecutors called it a lawless scheme to seize federal property by force.

In an emotional climax to the trial in U.S. District Court in Portland, Ammon Bundy’s lawyer, Marcus Mumford, was tackled to the floor by U.S. marshals as he became involved in a heated verbal exchange with the judge over the terms of his client’s release.

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Inmates Ammon Bundy (L) and his brother Ryan Bundy are seen in a combination of police jail booking photos released by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office in Portland, Oregon January 27, 2016.

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Ammon Bundy Arrested, Follower Killed, During Confrontation With Law Enforcement In Oregon

January 28, 2016

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Ammon Bundy, leader of the month-long militant occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns, Oregon, was arrested Tuesday in a highway confrontation with law enforcement that killed one of his followers and wounded another, according to the FBI.

Bundy and four followers, including his brother, Ryan, were arrested during a traffic stop in which shots were fired, the FBI said in a statement. Killed was Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, who had acted as spokesman for the armed group of occupiers, according to the Bundy Ranch.

The FBI said the shootings happened when agents, along with Oregon state troopers, “began an enforcement action” on Highway 395 to arrest people involved in the armed occupation on charges of conspiracy to impede federal officials from discharging their duties.

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Ammon Bundy was arrested on Tuesday night following reports of a shots fired on the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

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Anti-Government Extremist Groups Are A Uniquely American Problem

January 5, 2016

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In the days since gunmen took over a federal wildlife refuge in Burns, Oregon, the anti-federalist militants have accomplished little more than exhausting the patience of locals. 

At the same time, they have brought renewed scrutiny to American right-wing, anti-government extremist groups — a population whose numbers surged in the 1990s and are on the rise once again.

A tally released Monday by The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist organizations, identified 276 anti-government militia groups in the U.S., a 37 percent jump from 2014. The militia groups are an armed subset of so-called patriot groups that “typically adhere to extreme antigovernment doctrines and subscribe to groundless conspiracy theories about the federal government,” according to the law center. 

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