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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There are still four militants remaining at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore., despite a post-arrest request from Ammon Bundy that they go home.
The FBI video released last week which shows the traffic stop resulting in the arrest of brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy, among others.
Four occupiers remain in the Wildlife Refuge despite calls from Ammon Bundy to surrender.
“I don’t believe that they have any authority over me because they’re illegal and I can’t bow down to that”, one man, who described himself as defending the U.S. Constitution, said on the video.
“False alarm”, he then said after realizing the noise came from a generator or some other type of equipment.
Earlier this week, Lisa Bundy released an audio recording to the Oregonian, also urging an end to the occupation, now in it’s 28th day.
In his video message, Fry cites a controversial pardon by President Bill Clinton of businessman Marc Rich, and asks viewers, “Why can’t they pardon all of us?”
“We wanted to reach out and answer any questions that you may have”, said Arnold. “We want everyone to leave us alone”.
“There is some dissension in the community”, Marsh said.
Bundy and several of the other occupiers have another federal court hearing scheduled for Friday afternoon.
OPB has obtained two videos of Lisa Bundy and Ammon Bundy speaking to the remaining militants inside the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
“He is done in Harney County”, she said.
Court documents detail some of the evidence against the occupiers, including a memorandum filed by prosecutors Friday arguing against releasing defendants before trial. They have been charged with felony conspiracy to use force, intimidation or threats to impede federal officers – the employees of the refuge – from discharging their duties. He called on people to “come out here and stand”, adding: “We need you to bring your arms”.
In a video posted a day later, Ritzheimer talked about Robert “LaVoy” Finicum and other occupiers taking up a “defensive posture” at the refuge against a feared Federal Bureau of Investigation raid.
Fatal shooting… Oregon State Troopers fatally shot Finicum after he reached toward his pocket. The occupiers have dwindled to four holdouts who demand they be allowed to pass through a perimeter of heavily-armed law enforcement officials without being arrested.
They are holed up at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, 50km from Burns, a small ranging town in the state’s arid southeast.
“I just spoke to the new leaders – including Jason Patrick – They say that 5-6 (people) had a meeting, and by consensus they chose to stay”, Sepulvado wrote Wednesday morning on Twitter.
“Sean Anderson, who is from Riggins, Idaho, goes on to say that he and the other occupiers are heroes”.
The FBI made the decision to release the footage after Finicum’s family and an alleged eye witness claimed the 54-year old was unarmed. Aerial video taken from a law enforcement aircraft shows Finicum speeding away from authorities in a white truck and almost striking a law officer, while trying to evade a police barricade before barreling into a snowbank and exiting the vehicle. “Finicum reaches his right hand toward a pocket on the left inside portion of his jacket”, Brentzing told reporters.
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It then crashed into a snow bank in an attempt to clear the roadblock and Finicum was shot.
