Oregon Occupiers Put Out Call To Arms After Arrests Of Militia Leaders

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As the situation at the federal wildlife refuge in Oregon grows more tense, the occupiers who remain after a violent confrontation between their leaders and law enforcement Tuesday evening have put out a call to arms for outside supporters to join them.

“You have an obligation to proceed to the Harney County Resource Center
(the wildlife refuge)immediately, in order to protect the patriots still
there,” Gary Hunt, one of the occupiers, posted to the Operation Mutual Defense discussion board. “If you fail to arrive, you will demonstrate by your own actions that your previous statements to defend life, liberty, and property were false.”

On a livestream the occupiers have been running, one of the militia men urged viewers to “get here, get some,” as he flouted his gun in front of a Caterpillar construction vehicle.

He said that law enforcement has betrayed its duty.

“If they stop you from getting here, kill them,” the militia man told viewers.

The occupiers’ resident IT guy David Fry posted a video after LaVoy Finicum was killed in Tuesday’s stand-off in which Fry told the viewers that the militia men were in need of help.

“If you see this, you should call out for arms to help us. We need help,” Fry said, claiming a raid by authorities was eminent.

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  1. Avatar for meri meri says:

    So, when people start dying (presumably in a tussle over the last Twinkie) will this count as some sort of incitement?

  2. Nice of you to incriminate yourself on a freaking live stream.

  3. These clowns have been playing Red Dawn for a few weeks now but shit is getting real. Give them one more chance to come out peacefully and if they don’t they should be brought out of that compound in body bags or else I want a refund on my federal taxes.

    Slight exaggeration, of course, I dont really want to see carnage. But if they harm a federal agent then the hell with playing nice and waiting them out.

  4. These guys are making pasty old fat guys with facial hair like me look bad worse.

  5. The roads are closed you fucking fool.

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