We can all laugh at the Oregon YeeHawdists however...

[SHRED]

If they are not arrested then it will be a travesty that will embolden them just like letting old man Bundy off the hook did.

I see no signs that the law will be enforced.
Sickening.

...

[Kablooie]

1. They won't be. They will be free to go home in peace.

Count on it.

They are white guys with guns.
It's their constitutional right to break the law without consequences.
It says right in the US Constitution: "White guys with guns may not be punished for trying to overthrow the gov'ment."

Just like white guys with money.
Same thing.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. If that happens you will have the Federal authorities to blame because the Oregon authorities have

been clearly calling for arrests and accountability for these invasive fucks. Governor Kate Brown yesterday: "Those individuals illegally occupying the Malheur Wildlife Refuge need to decamp immediately and be held accountable."

It's the Feds that seem reluctant to enforce the law,it's the Feds who have the ability to do so.

[Lizzie Poppet]

19. Where they will be subsequently arrested.

That appears to be the plan: defuse the situation out there and send them home, almost certainly with notice that they will be taken into custody later, regardless. That's just intelligent law enforcement. It avoids a firefight out there at the refuge...and if any of them resist later arrest, they'll be doing so by themselves, not with backup from their lunkhead pals.

[flamingdem]

2. The sheriff kissed ip to them

but that might just be to end things peacefully. The fbi is in charge though the Yokal Haram may not realize it.

[Downwinder]

6. After they harassed his Mom. Watch out there.

[flamingdem]

15. He was on tv last night playing nice w/them nt

[Bluenorthwest]

9. The Sheriff who has had death threats against himself and his wife, who has left town? That's who

you are saying is kissing up to them? The Sheriff whose parents have been threatened? The FBI is the agency in charge, thus far not bothering to hold these out of State criminals accountable.

[SHRED]

11. I think the death deaths were from others

Not those directly involved.

However, these fools need to be punished.

[flamingdem]

16. Sheriff was on tv talking w them last night

ang saying government overreach is a bad thing.

[Lizzie Poppet]

18. He did no such thing.

What he did was behave like a sober-minded, responsible adult...and the end result looks likely to be that no one will die over this foolishness.

[flamingdem]

21. I said it was a tactic nt

[applegrove]

3. I'm hoping when they peter out and go home a judge makes them pay huge fines.

[Lordquinton]

4. They already owe huge fines

and refuse to pay, with impunity, they need to be behind bars at minimum.

[applegrove]

5. They then need to pay costs of the court and all the police too.

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. He governor is weighing now.

She wants them out of Oregon.

[Lee-Lee]

10. The right way for this to be handled is to let it fizzle out...

.... and let all the embarrassment and delgitimizing of their movement that comes with it play out.

Then you move in and catalog every single piece of damage that has been done to the property, and gather fingerprints and more evidence to make any case foolproof.

They you get a sealed indictment for all of them with everything from trespassing to property damage to possession of weapons on Federal property to terrorism... and of course for every charge also comes conspiracy to commit that crime.

Then, when they have all gone home and figured it is all blown over you swoop in and arrest them all at 0330 Monday morning when they are all asleep, groggy and not expecting it in a coordinated event all over wherever they have gone to.

[Javaman]

12. I worry about the long term issue..

these nuts are not all that far removed from the trump supporters.

when trump loses, these types will go nuts.

it's not a matter of if.

[SHRED]

13. Good point

[cali]

14. I cannot.

[L. Coyote]

17. I see plenty of signs. Law enforcement can operate out of your sight, you realize?

And I'm not going to second guess my fellow Oregonians from my computer, I know they are working for a resolution that is proper, lawful, and does not endanger lives.

Old Man Bundy is NOT off the hook. How do you know he isn't a conspirator in this event?

Don't sicken yourself because you are ignorant of what is going on.

[SHRED]

20. How long has Bundy been illegally destroying public property?

Answer: Decades.