Locals demand Oregon militia leave refuge: 'It's time for you to go home'

[uhnope]

Source: Guardian UK

The armed militiamen occupying a wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon have faced the most intense opposition yet at a community meeting where local residents shouted down protest leader Ammon Bundy in person.

Bundy and several other high-profile militia members left the Malheur national wildlife refuge to attend a public forum in the small town of Burns, located 30 miles away from the occupation. At the emotional meeting, residents one by one demanded that Bundy and his armed followers end their siege of the wildlife sanctuary and immediately leave town.

“It is time for you to go home,” Harney County judge Steve Grasty, one of the most vocal critics of the militia, said directly to Bundy, who sat in the bleachers of a Burns high school gymnasium on Tuesday night and listened to a steady stream of angry comments.

“Go, go, go, go, go,” the crowd shouted back, according to the Oregonian. “Get the hell out of my county,” one woman yelled. Another screamed at Bundy: “Go to jail where you deserve to be!”

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/20/oregon-militia-leave-refuge-ammon-bundy

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I heard the audio on the radio but I can't find it just yet. It's awesome. Local residents really tore into those wannabe warriors.

[jberryhill]

1. That's awesome

They keep claiming the mantle of "We The People".

Did Bundy get to speak as well?

[saltpoint]

2. Sounds like the locals know where they

stand and I don't blame them one bit.

The "patriots" are trespassing. They've made a spectacle of themselves. I'm seeing no principle and miles and miles of selfishness.

[PSPS]

3. Duplicate. Already posted earlier today in LBN

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141319553

[Grassy Knoll]

4. Someone Needs To Stick A Corkscrew Up Bundy's Ass..

..And Have A Grand Opening. USA,USA,USA!!!!!!

[L. Coyote]

5. The Guardian? Do you realize how far that is from here in Oregon?

That article has it wrong. Watch the videos. First sentence is false, Bundy wasn't shouted down, he did not speak because you have to be a county resident to speak.

I posted the videos here: OPB Listen: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown: 'Spectacle Must End' + Harney Community Meeting Video

[winstars]

6. THANKS so much for the video of the meeting. Everyone here at DU should watch them...

[davidpdx]

7. K & R

Thanks for the update

[passiveporcupine]

8. I watched the full video and was dismayed at how many thanked the Bundy's

before saying "but now it's time for you to go". And one even stood up and said they need to stay until the Hammond's are back home...but that isn't what the Bundy's plans are. As of yesterday, they are ramping up their demands and actions and threatening the Feds and saying they aren't going anywhere.

They could give a shit what the people in that county want. They think that they are winning because nobody has tried to shut them down.

Seriously, they think they are winning and they are asking more volunteers to come join them.