We are relieved that the ringleaders of the Malheur occupation are now in custody.
We are relieved that the ringleaders of the Malheur occupation are now in custody.
Armed occupiers remaining at an Oregon wildlife refuge, like their eight associates arrested yesterday, have rejected “ample opportunities to leave peacefully” or negotiate, a senior FBI official said today.
The FBI and Oregon State Police announced last night the arrests of six of the antigovernment extremists occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Bend, Ore. including leader Ammon Bundy.
Bundy brothers’ invasion of wildlife refuge stirs a typically paranoid response among their fellow antigovernment extremists.
As online platforms like Twitter and Facebook become increasingly important for the dissemination of breaking news, extremist leaders are recognizing the power of subverting mainstream coverage in the service of their own agendas.
The armed takeover of a federal government building in Oregon comes amid a renewed expansion of the far-right, antigovernment militia movement in the wake of the 2014 standoff between federal agents and heavily armed antigovernment activists in the Nevada desert.
Armed antigovernment extremists, including the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, seized an unoccupied federal visitor’s center in Oregon over the weekend after their rally failed to convince two ranchers to continue defying the U.S. government.
A man who allegedly made threats about “lynching” a California judge and once served as a bodyguard for Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy was arrested by an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Conspiracy theories originating on the extreme right have invaded American political life. And that's not good for democracy.