UPDATE: 6:52 p.m.
The sheriff of the Oregon county where armed militia members have taken over a federal wildlife refuge met Thursday afternoon local time with the militia members and will meet again Friday.
Here’s the update his office tweeted after the Thursday the discussion:
Meeting now over. Plans to talk again tomorrow. Sheriff Ward called on them for a peaceful resolution. #HarneyCounty
— Harney Cty. Sheriff (@HarneyCoSheriff) January 7, 2016
The office also stated that Harney County Sheriff David Ward asked Ammon Bundy, one of the men leading the militia takeover, to leave.
Sheriff Ward asks Ammon Bundy to please leave and respect the wishes of Harney County residents.
— Harney Cty. Sheriff (@HarneyCoSheriff) January 7, 2016
His office emphasized he is seeking a “peaceful resolution” and is not there to arrest anyone in a tweet.
This meeting is called for a peaceful resolution. Sheriff Ward is NOT there to make an arrest. He’s there to ask them to leave #HarneyCounty
— Harney Cty. Sheriff (@HarneyCoSheriff) January 7, 2016
Ward had previously said those who had taken over the refuge would face charges “at some point.”
A local TV reporter tweeted a photo of the meeting:
Bundy and sheriff meet in high Oregon desert pic.twitter.com/w79c9IMdWx
— Pat Dooris (@PatDooris) January 7, 2016
How polite!
I hope, the next time I take a hostage, they’re that understanding with me.
Never mind what’s going on at The Swamp. Josh. What’s the latest on Oshaugnessy and Booda Bear? Did Captain O really take donation money and use it to get drunk in a motel? And was Ritzheimer so pissed about it that he grew to where he could actually drive without having to sit on a phone book?
Did Mr, Bear really run off after a newspaper proved he lied about being in the Marines?
Last night at The Swamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsKYNQTbSD4Founding fathers went after John Brown at Harper’s Ferry with unbeatable force. Bundy, as a right wing “oringinalist”, should support the same.
Not for nothing, but the United States bought all that land from France, and owned it all. They gave it away to ranchers and settlers for nothing or next to nothing, and still that’s not enough for these folks. They want more, more, more.
If it prevents bloodshed and a rallying cry for the entire militia movement, why not?