An organized, heavily armed group took over an empty federal building on Saturday in a small city in Oregon, where they’ve been camped out ever since
The armed occupiers, who are now hunkered down at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters near Burns, Oregon, broke off from a larger group of protesters who were demonstrating against the imminent imprisonment of two Oregon ranchers convicted of arson
Inside the Bundy bunker#OregonUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/DB7is9RCfy
— Gordon R. Friedman (@gordonrfriedman) January 4, 2016
But these occupiers — who have also been called militants, extremists, freedom fighters and terrorists — are not the first armed group we’ve seen do this over the past few years. In fact, the number of so-called militias in the U.S. shot up after the 2008 election of President Barack Obama. The question is, why? Read more…
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