Law Enforcement Confirms Militiamen Are Free To Come and Go From Refuge

Ammon Bundy, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, speaks with reporters during a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, near Burns, Ore. Bundy, who was invol... Ammon Bundy, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, speaks with reporters during a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, near Burns, Ore. Bundy, who was involved in a 2014 standoff with the government over grazing rights, told reporters on Monday that two local ranchers who face long prison sentences for setting fire to land have been treated unfairly. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) MORE LESS
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Their supplies look to be dwindling and militia men who overtook the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon have pleaded with sympathizers to send food, but law enforcement tell TPM that the men are free to resupply on their own.

“Right now, they are allowed to come and go as they want,” says Bill Fugate, a spokesman for the Oregon State police.

The unknown number of militia men involved in the stand off are calling themselves Citizens for Constitutional Freedom. The group sent an alert message to supporters Monday asking for snacks as they are holed up in the refuge center, but authorities confirm that they are free to drive to the grocery store and pick up snacks.

Fugate says that to his knowledge, law enforcement are “not monitoring what they are doing.”

“We are not monitoring their movements,” Fugate says.

BJ Soper, of the Central Oregon Constitutional Guard, told TPM Tuesday that authorities told him that they were contemplating erecting barriers to keep militiamen from entering the Malheur property, but those roadblocks have not materialized.

Law enforcement has set up a command center in Burns, Oregon.

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  1. So…cutting off their power accomplishes…what? If they can bring in food, generators and the fuel to power them then all the talk from law enforcement about it being a long, hard, cold winter for the occupiers seems to be nonsense. Why not bring in strippers, Roulette wheels, home theaters, a wet bar and all the other conveniences of modern life and announce it’s their new home?

  2. Which is making more sense – the govt or the criminal trespassers?

  3. WTF does it mean? You can take over a federal building and face no consequences?

    Next: USPS delivers their SS checks to their new abode.

  4. Inflatable Tribal Casino or Bust.

  5. “Right now, they are allowed to come and grow as they want,” says Bill Fugate, a spokesman for the Oregon State police.

    Fugate says that to his knowledge, law enforcement are “not monitoring what they are doing.”

    “We are not monitoring their movements,” Fugate says.

    Yes, absolutely. You’ve got black people with Black Lives Matter. You actually had an analyst on CNN say that it’s more of a danger when it’s black people because it’s the threat of looting versus people like this. That’s kind of a racist statement, as far as I’m concerned…But to me that’s a racist statement. If you had Muslims here, it would be called domestic terrorism. But these are white people who call themselves patriots, been referred to as militia, they’re not called domestic terrorists but that’s exactly what they are. We have a tremendous double standard in the media about this. It would be referred to, the language would be very different if these were not so-called white militia people.

    Alan Colmes

    Saves folks from going to the Fox site

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