wildlife building just outside of burns, oregon. same with the 3 percenters. their leader said today what s happening in oregon cog possibly be a false flag operation. the oath keepers said today the efforts up in oregon were manufactured by pot heads. so is this a standoff in oregon that is a departure from the string of armed anti-government right wing militant provocations that we ve seen over the past couple of years or is this in line, both with those previous protests and also with an ongoing movement that s going to produce the kind of scary standoffs over the interior west. joins us now is the executive director for the center for western priorities which is a public lands energy and watchdog group. thanks for you time tonight. rachel, thank you for having me on. should we understand this display in oregon as a one-off thing as the usual suspects
substance? when you hear about what the president is doing, do you have a problem with that or is it the way he s doing it. jon: the standoff at an oregon wildlife refuge into its fourth day. a local sheriff is telling the armed protesters to just go home. two local ranchers were ordered back to prison. dan springer is live not far from the scene outside of burns, oregon. he has the latest. reporter: we got our first sign the armed anti-government group may be willing to back down soon. ryan bundy said if the people of harley county want them to
i want to talk directly to the people at the wildlife refuge. you said you were here to help the citizens of harney county. that help ended when a peaceful protest became an armed occupation. the hammonds have turned themselves in. it s time for you to leave our community, go home to your families, and end this peacefully. tonight a local oregon sheriff is asking a group of armed anti-government activists who seized control of the federal building in a remote wildlife refuge to leave the community in peace. the call comes just hours after the two ranchers at the heart of the occupation turned themselves in to federal authorities. dwight and steven ham honda, who were convicted of arson in 2012, served time and then were resentenced to five years in prison, something that has made them a cause celebre for the far
land away from the federal government and make it private property instead. what s interesting, though, is that this time many of the usual suspects, the groups and individuals who backed the cliven bundy standoff, they now say they re against what s happening right now in oregon. sheriff mack, the woman who wanted to use women in nevada as human shields, he says his group does not condone the occupation by those individuals who have taken over the federal wildlife building outside of burns, or or. same with the 3 percenters, saying what s happening could be a false flag operation. the oath keepers said today that the efforts in oregon were quote manufactured by pot heads. so is this a standoff in oregon that is a departure from the string of armed anti-government right wing militant provocations that we ve seen over the past couple of years or is this in line, both with those previous
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