“law enforcement stopped two cars carrying standoff leaders on their way from the refuge to a meeting in Grant County”
Was it a trap?
It was an unnecessary confrontation. No one was being harmed, and the only way their fire fighter’s shack would be needed would be in the case of a forest fire. And there were none.
Sounds more like an ambush than a trap. That “A” word appears to be appropriate in context of the now-fuzzy facts of what occurred... Did they run a stop sign or not wear their seatbelts to warrant a “stop/execute” operation?
Sounds like what happened to Bonnie and Clyde.
It seems like the State of Oregon decided it was GO time before the Feds. They had to wait until the group left the Federal land to jump them, though.