Following the Department of Justice’s announcement that Oregon State Troopers were justified in shooting and killing Oregon Protestor LaVoy Finicum on Jan. 26, cellphone video was released, which gave insight into the events leading up to the shooting. The video, which was released by The Oregonian on Tuesday, was taken by Shawna Cox, 59, one […]
Federal officials announced Tuesday that while they justified the shooting of LaVoy Finicum when a group of protestors was apprehended in January, FBI agents involved in the encounter are being investigated for firing shots that were not reported. Finicum, 54, was part of a group of protestors occupying the Malheur Wildlife Refuge headquarters in Burns, […]
After the four remaining protesters at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge headquarters in Burns, Oregon, spent Wednesday evening on live stream, while the FBI surrounded the compound, they have reportedly agreed to leave peacefully Thursday morning. The father of two of the group’s leaders, who were taken into FBI custody on Jan. 26, was also arrested […]
After he was taken into FBI custody Tuesday, Ammon Bundy released a statement Wednesday calling for fellow protestors occupying the Malheur Wildlife Refuge headquarters in Burns, Oregon, to “stand down” and to “go home.” Bundy, who has acted as the leader of the group since it began occupying the refuge headquarters on Jan. 2, was […]
The Bundy family claimed Arizona rancher Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was unarmed and had his hands up when he shot and killed by FBI agents during a confrontation Tuesday near Burns, Oregon. Finicum, 55, was part of the group of protestors occupying the Malheur Wildlife Refuge headquarters in Burns. At least eight others, including protest leaders […]
A group of armed protestors have occupied the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns, Oregon, in support of two ranchers who are supposed to begin prison sentences on Monday for arson charges. Dwight Hammond, 73, served three months and his son Steven Hammond, 46, served one year in prison, after the two were […]