Venom Snake posted:

https://twitter.com/occupied_burns/status/692293969145896960

SocketWrench posted:

Aww, poor baby. You had a month of free roam and didn't stock up anything? What a sad, pathetic sack of poo poo precious little snowflake you are

prefect posted:

“FYI. I came home to AZ to visit my family,” Ritzheimer posted late Tuesday. “The feds know I am here and are charging me with Conspiracy to impede a federal officer. I need an attorney. My family needs help and I am hoping they grant me bail.”

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@occupied_burns: Waiting game is mind bending. People want sleep, a shower, food. Food food food

Volkerball posted:

i feel bad for his kids. what's the loving point.

Subterfrugal posted:

So how does the fringe right shift the optics to still win? "Inefficient gubment spent so much taxpayer money ending the standoff! :tears:"

Kro-Bar posted:

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@occupied_burns: Waiting game is mind bending. People want sleep, a shower, food. Food food food

Haha, these people crack me up.

Tom Guycot posted:

Haha, these people crack me up.

Jumpingmanjim posted:

@OccupiedBurns isn't one of the militia guys.

Volkerball posted:

Politically idk, but fringe fringe right dudes will be saying they murdered tarpman who was just standing there with his hands in the air.

Prefect posted:

how is this for real? they have no loving food anywhere in their stupid play fort?

Anosmoman posted:

How the gently caress did they run out of food with a month of preparation.

Anosmoman posted:

How the gently caress did they run out of food with a month of preparation.

atomicthumbs posted:

can we stop calling them the Bundy Militia and start calling them the Bundy Bunch?

STAC Goat posted:

Supposed account of the initial arrests and Tarp Man's death.

https://www.facebook.com/melvin.lee.733/posts/1094937370539445

Says the traffic stop was with warrants. Claims Tarp Man tried to take off, crashed, and charged the cops.

Volkerball posted:

Politically idk, but fringe fringe right dudes will be saying they murdered tarpman who was just standing there with his hands in the air.

Anosmoman posted:

How the gently caress did they run out of food with a month of preparation.

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FBI tells Oregon refuge occupiers to leave as authorities set up roadblocks

BURNS – Law enforcement officers set up roadblocks Tuesday night around the headquarters of the occupied Malheur National Wildlife Refuge hours after one of the takeover's top spokesmen was killed and other leaders were arrested on a highway out of town.

FBI officials told those still at the compound, about 30 miles southeast of Burns, that they were free to leave and should do so. By midnight, few people appeared to have taken up the offer and the lights were still on.

Authorities provided no information about the roadblocks, but have scheduled a news conference for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Burns.

Only a few people had left, said Gary Hunt, who arrived Sunday from California to support the occupation. "The rest have decided they're going to hold their ground," he said.

Hunt -- a board member of Operation Mutual Defense, a network of militias and patriot sympathizers – left the headquarters late Tuesday and talked to The Oregonian/OregonLive while parked six miles from the refuge.

Among those still there was Ammon Bundy's wife, Lisa. She told those at the compound that she took a call from her husband after his arrest and he described some of what happened.

Hunt said there was confusion among those remaining at the compound and he wasn't certain who was providing leadership.

The protesters anticipate that law enforcement will take action against them, he said. "They've got their observers out," he said.

In recent days, it looked as if about 40 people were staying in the buildings, including women and children.

Occupiers and supporters have traveled freely in and out of the headquarters and to Burns. Police have kept a low profile in the refuge area since Ammon Bundy and a small band of armed followers took over the compound on Jan. 2 to protest the federal arson sentences of two local ranchers and government land-use policies.

Police had blocked the primary route into the refuge – two-lane Sod House Lane – about a quarter-mile west of the refuge entrance. A large front-end loader sat across the road, with other police vehicles parked on the shoulders.

All had their lights off, creating an eerie scene out on the high desert with a nearly full moon.

The roadblock could be seen from the refuge compound and especially from the fire tower where the occupiers have posted around-the-clock lookouts.

The compound sits in a bowl beside Sod House Lane and includes office buildings, shops, a bunkhouse and a museum.

With Ammon Bundy and other leaders under arrest, it was unclear who was left to lead the occupation. Blaine Cooper and Jason Patrick, two of those involved in the original occupation and who have been active in leadership, were part of the contingent still at the refuge.

Patrick said early Tuesday evening that the atmosphere at the refuge was calm as people digested news of the arrests during a highway stop 20 miles north of Burns on the way to a community meeting in John Day. Robert "LaVoy" Finicum was shot and killed by police, authorities said.

Patrick said those at the refuge were preparing to defend themselves for a "peaceful resolution," but wouldn't elaborate.

The sister-in-law of one of the people still in the refuge told The Oregonian/OregonLive that her relative wanted to leave the compound because several occupiers were preparing an aggressive stand against police.

The family lost touch with him after he reported he was driving out of the headquarters in his personal vehicle, which the family said contained both long guns and hand guns. It couldn't be established immediately if he had been taken into custody at the checkpoint.

Besides the occupation leaders, self-styled militiamen and patriots have been living at the compound. Cars and trucks carried license plates from Colorado, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico and California. A Hermiston cowboy joined the group, bringing his horse and putting on a daily parade with an American flag at the compound entryway.

One of the convoys moving around the refuge included police rigs, passenger cars and armored vehicles traveling south on Oregon 205, past the turnoff to the refuge and continuing on the road toward Frenchglen. The convoy could reach the refuge through back roads spidering north from the Diamond area.

Other convoys were reported moving south on Oregon 78 toward Crane, likely heading for the Princeton area and the eastern road to the refuge headquarters.

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UPDATE (4:30 A.M.): FBI officials have established checkpoints around the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge as a handful of armed militants remain inside.
FBI officials say any vehicles approaching the checkpoints will be stopped and searched, and all occupants of the vehicles must present identification. Law enforcement officials said in a press release early Wednesday morning they will arrest anyone who is not compliant with the checkpoint procedure.

The only people allowed to pass the checkpoints will be local ranchers, according to the FBI.

“Anyone coming out of the refuge will have his or her identification confirmed and any associated vehicles searched,” a press release from the FBI stated.

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FBI officials told those still at the compound, about 30 miles southeast of Burns, that they were free to leave and should do so.

Mr Interweb posted:

So the Feds aren't planning on arresting the rest of these goobers?

Roland Jones posted:

Link is broken now; what was this? Is there another version up somewhere?

Mr Interweb posted:

So the Feds aren't planning on arresting the rest of these goobers?

The Larch posted:

Pretty much all "free to leave" means is that you're not going to get shot the moment you poke your head up, IIRC.

TheMadMilkman posted:

It's not like you can cross the county line to escape the FBI. Better to let them leave and arrest them when they're away from their wives and children.

Jumpingmanjim posted:

TheMadMilkman posted:

It's not like you can cross the county line to escape the FBI. Better to let them leave and arrest them when they're away from their wives and children.