Report details rise of anti-government groups in Oregon

[struggle4progress]

Militia groups split in wake of occupation
By: Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service
Posted: Oct 04, 2016 12:11 AM PDT
Updated: Oct 04, 2016 12:11 AM PDT

... the goals of the Malheur occupiers were to give public lands over to private owners and overturn environmental protections. He said these groups believe it's one way they can unlock wealth in rural areas that have been in economic decline for decades.

"The economy's changed and that's not going to happen," he said. "Even if they could log every last tree, it would not bring these rural economies back to the position they were in the '50s and '60s. So, it's offering people a kind of false hope in these areas" ...

Jessica Campbell, co-director of the Rural Organizing Project, ... said out-of-state judges arrived to set up so-called "common-law courts" near the refuge. She said they operated outside the law, and aimed to indict, convict and sentence anyone whose views or actions they deemed "unconstitutional" ...

"People have established dual power structures," he said. "They have their own courts, they have their own emergency response systems, they have their own paramilitaries. People are declaring themselves their own kind of police officers now. And so, there's a lot of people doing some very extreme things in Oregon, and we felt like this needs to be paid attention to" ...

http://www.ktvz.com/news/report-details-rise-of-anti-government-groups-in-oregon/105098787

Up in Arms: A Guide to Oregon's Patriot Movement (pdf)

[Coyotl]

1. Criminality. They are criminals who justify their own actions, just like all criminals.