Jury acquits leaders of Oregon standoff of federal charges

Associated Press ^ | Oct 27, 2016 8:36 PM EDT | Steven DuBois and Gillian Flaccus

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The leaders of an armed group who seized a national wildlife refuge in rural Oregon were acquitted Thursday in the 41-day standoff that brought new attention to a long-running dispute over control of federal lands in the U.S. West.

Tumult erupted in the courtroom after the verdicts were read when an attorney for group leader Ammon Bundy demanded his client be immediately released, repeatedly yelling at the judge. U.S. marshals tackled attorney Marcus Mumford to the ground, used a stun gun on him several times and arrested him.

U.S. District Judge Anna Brown said she could not release Bundy because he still faces charges in Nevada stemming from an armed standoff at his father Cliven Bundy’s ranch two years ago.

The jury found Bundy, his brother Ryan Bundy and several others not guilty of possessing a firearm in a federal facility and conspiring to impede federal workers from their jobs at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, 300 miles southeast of Portland where the trial took place. …

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

So what was it, 5 or 6 protesters AND 15 FED AGENTS UNDERCOVER.

Any time I see a story of on the rise in the number of militias I comment that FBI recruiting must be up.

Avoid militia's like the plague. Not because the militia members are bad but the Feebees will get you into trouble every time.