Almost all of the militia members who took over the refuge on January 2 have left the secluded compound, except for three men and a woman who have hunkered down, refusing to heed law enforcement request to depart.
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– Bundy and some of the others are expected to plead for their release.
Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward earlier this week said the protesters went too far in their armed occupation.
The Roadblock The FBI released video on January 28, 2016, showing the pursuit, traffic stop and deadly shooting of Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in OR on January 26, 2016.
Federal agents say Finicum had a gun in his pocket.
The FBI said it was working “around the clock” to negotiate with the holdouts.
In a statement read by his lawyers Thursday in Portland, Ammon Bundy said he was “anxiously” waiting to review the video.
“I don’t support the militant occupation, but I do support the conversation that needs to happen, that the occupation was trying to bring attention to”, Forman said Thursday.
Following his initial court appearance in Portland on Wednesday, Ammon Bundy urged the holdouts to stand down, saying he would continue the fight in court.
The FBI and the Oregon State Police intercepted militia leaders as they left the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on their way to a community meeting in John Day.
The case led Bundy’s group to demand an inquiry into whether the government is forcing ranchers off their land, though the father-and-son ranchers distanced themselves from the occupiers.
One of the men traveling with a group of OR militiamen when law enforcement authorities gunned down Tuesday night is pleading for the militia and its supporters to remain calm, as police set up a perimeter around the refuge.
The law under which the arrested OR occupiers have been charged, incidentally, was originally passed in order to prosecute Confederate secessionists and sympathizers for interfering with the operation of the federal government.
But a truck driven by Finicum sped off and eventually swerved to avoid a spike strip and became stuck in the snow, Bretzing said.
“He got out with his hands up in the deep snow”, Siegner said. His death was captured on video taken from an Federal Bureau of Investigation plane that shot footage as Finicum, driving a white truck, was pursued and ultimately confronted and killed by Oregon State Police officers. “Actions have consequences”, he said.
The FBI posted the video to its YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/209MgEw ).
The FBI’s aerial footage shows Finicum raising his hands and flailing his arms moments before he was shot. Once the truck stopped, authorities got out of their vehicles to make arrests.
The day following his arrest, Bundy asked for occupiers to “go home”.
The Oregonian identified those remaining at the refuge as David Fry, 27, of Blanchester, Ohio; and Sean Anderson, 47, his wife, Sandy, 48, and Jeff Banta, 46, of Elko, Nev.
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Eight people involved in the occupation of the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in OR on who were arrested on Tuesday.
