Post by Logan on Jan 30, 2016 1:48:20 GMT -6
Judge orders continued detention for five men in Oregon standoff
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge on Friday ordered the continued detention of five men who were key players in the nearly month-long armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon, rejecting arguments that the occupation was similar to the Boston Tea Party or civil rights era protests.
“From Day One they were breaking the law – they made no secret they were breaking the law,” said U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman. “I reject the argument that this was a peaceful operation based on freedom of speech.”
Beckerman denied release to Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Jason Patrick, Ryan Payne and Dylan Anderson, all of whom were central players in the occupation of the wildlife refuge that began on Jan. 2.
Ammon and Ryan Bundy, sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, were the leaders of the occupation, which started as a defense of two jailed ranchers but turned into a larger protest over the role of the federal government in people’s lives.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/01/29/judge-orders-continued-detention-for-five-men-in-oregon-standoff/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_oregonprotest1115pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge on Friday ordered the continued detention of five men who were key players in the nearly month-long armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon, rejecting arguments that the occupation was similar to the Boston Tea Party or civil rights era protests.
“From Day One they were breaking the law – they made no secret they were breaking the law,” said U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman. “I reject the argument that this was a peaceful operation based on freedom of speech.”
Beckerman denied release to Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Jason Patrick, Ryan Payne and Dylan Anderson, all of whom were central players in the occupation of the wildlife refuge that began on Jan. 2.
Ammon and Ryan Bundy, sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, were the leaders of the occupation, which started as a defense of two jailed ranchers but turned into a larger protest over the role of the federal government in people’s lives.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/01/29/judge-orders-continued-detention-for-five-men-in-oregon-standoff/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_oregonprotest1115pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory