Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday offered her strongest remarks yet on armed militants' six-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, calling the action "unlawful" and demanding the group "decamp immediately."And watch, via CNN:
Brown's poke at "outsiders," in a statement issued by her office, came about the same time as Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward parleyed with protest leader Ammon Bundy about how to end the occupation without bloodshed.
But Brown's office said the governor's stance was moved by two events Wednesday.
Early in the day, members of the Burns Paiute Tribe held a news conference asking the militants "to get the hell" off refuge land the tribe has traditionally seen as its own.
Then, Wednesday night, hundreds of Oregonians who live near the refuge gathered for a community meeting where they expressed sympathy for the militants' message criticizing federal land management but nonetheless said the group had worn out its welcome in Harney County...
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Thursday, January 7, 2016
Oregon Governor Kate Brown Orders #Malheur Occupiers to 'Decamp Immediately'
At the Portland Oregonian, "'Decamp immediately': Kate Brown steps up rhetoric on Oregon militants":
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