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U.S. flag covers a sign at the entrance of the Malheur National
Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon, January 3, 2016. REUTERS/Jim
Urquhart
(Reuters)
- U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Oregon cattle
ranchers Dwight Hammond and his son after both were convicted on arson
charges, sparking the 2016 occupation of a wildlife refuge, according to
a White House statement.
The
Hammonds' case led to the armed 41-day occupation of the Malheur
National Wildlife Refuge. The takeover was the latest flare-up in a
decades-old conflict over federal control of millions of acres of public
land in the Western United States.
Dwight
Hammond, 76, and his son, Steven, 49, were convicted in 2012 for
setting a fire that spread onto public grazing land. The two were
initially sentenced to less than the legal minimum five-year prison
sentence for their crimes, but a federal judge in 2016 ordered the pair
returned to serve the full five years, after the father had spent three
years in prison and the son four.
The
order to return to prison inspired the refuge occupation. The White
House in a statement on Tuesday called the order to return the two to
prison "unjust."
The
leaders of the 2016 Malheur standoff, including activist Ammon Bundy,
in October 2016 were cleared of federal charges for their role in the
protest. One of the occupiers, Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, was shot dead by
Oregon State Police during the takeover.
Ammon
Bundy and his father Cliven also orchestrated a 2014 standoff in Nevada
between scores of armed ranchers and supporters and law enforcement
agents over cattle grazing rights.
Malheur
National Wildlife Refuge, encompassing 292 square miles (75,628
hectares), was established in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt as a
breeding ground for greater sandhill cranes and other native birds.
(Reporting by Gina Cherelus in New York; Editing by Scott Malone, Jeffrey Benkoe and Susan Thomas)
7 comments:
On behalf of all patriots who followed this real life story; Thank you President Trump. Thank you!
Kudos to Trump and to Putin --
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The Hammonds deliberately endangered lives when they set the fires. They are bullies, read the article.
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The government does not exist.(It's a corp.) The B.L.M. is an invading army of mercs.Even the real federal government govt.can't own property in the states,except for military storage etc.Same with F.B.I.They should be treated as an invading army of an enemy state.Trump needs to follow through and arrest all the mercs. and disband all agencies involved.MAGA!!!!!!
Couldn't Agree More. Clear thinking, lucid, brilliant, straight thinking.
The Truth About LaVoy Finicum's MURDER & Why YOU Should Care (with John Lamb)
https://youtu.be/F8FL5-Q66MY
On day before his death, Robert 'LaVoy' Finicum spoke about potential encounters with feds
https://youtu.be/N1DiMtcZXCA
2 min 26 sec
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