his videos denouncing the federal government. and out in the fields, tean was his camerawoman. she went where he went until january 2nd, 2016 when he left home to protest with a group of ranchers. armed protesters seize a federal building say they won t leave until they get what they want. they continue to ignore us to the point where we felt we had to make a stand to defend our rights. protesters led by ammon bundy s son, ammon traveled to oregon and took over a protected wildlife refuge demanding the federal government cede control of the land to the county. lavoy was one of them and he began broadcasting within the refuge. this land is special. this land needs to be free again. the group planned on illegally occupying the refuge for weeks, possibly months. they set up a perimeter and gathered supplies, including more guns.
home. you said you were here to help the citizens. that help ended when a peaceful protest became an armed occupation. the spectacle of lawlessness must end. almost a month after it began the conflict came to a head. and in the aftermath two videos emerged, one from a police helicopter and one from cell phone footage shot by a passenger in a vehicle driven by lav lavoy. both help paint a portrait of what happened that day. it s january 26, amen bundy and lavoy and protesters leave the property. state police intercept them and demand they surrender. those in amen s vehicle comply. but lavoy pushes back. i m going to go meet the sheriff. you back down or you kill me now!
was that you? that was me, yeah. why did you take him guns? protection. his right to protect himself. not that he wanted to use it. it s not something that we wanted to do. and we re trying to understand why you have a loaded rifle here and how far will you take this? i have no intention of pointing guns after anybody that are not pointing guns at me. did you feel like your dad was at war with the government? no. more like the government was at war with him, i guess. at any point did you feel concerned about your father s life out there? it concerned me that i wasn t there with him because he wouldn t let me be there with him. but i knew he knew what he was doing. as days turned into weeks, protesters failed to win any concessions. and frustrated residents and politicians began pushing law enforcement to act. it is time for you to go
his cameraman. he went where he went until january 2nd, 2016 when he left home to protest with a group of ranchers. armed protesters seize a federal building say they won t leave fl they get what they want. we felt we had to make a stand to defend our rights. protesters led by bundy s son amen traveled to oregon and took over a protected wildlife refuge demanding the federal government concede control of the land to the county. lavoy was one of them and he began broadcasting within the refu refuge. this land is special. this land needs to be free again. the kbroup planned on illegally occupying the refuge for weeks, possibly months. they set up a perimeter and gathered supplies, including more guns. i know he didn t take firearms up to oregon with him. but his daughter brought him a couple of firearms.
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