WE
WE ASKED
WE ASKED THE SENATOR'S TEAM ABOUT THIS BUT HAVEN'T HEARD >>
BACK YET.
BACK YET.
BACK YET. NOW >> SOME PEOPLE ARE POINTING
OUT THAT THE STORMING OF THE US
CAPITOL SOUNDS KIND
OF FAMILIAR.
OF FAMILIAR. IT SOUNDS A BIT LIKE SOMETHING
WE SAW A FEW YEARS AGO HERE IN
OREGON NOT TO THE SAME SCALE
BUT SOMETHING SIMILAR I'M SURE
YOU REMEMBER WHEN ARMED
EXTREMISTS TOOK OVER TOOK OVER
THE MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE NEAR BURNS THAT ACTUALLY
HAPPENED FIVE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK AFTER WEDNESDAY'S
INSURRECTION A CONSERVATION
GROUP CALLED THE CENTER FOR
WESTERN PRIORITIES PUT OUT A
STATEMENT CALLING MALHUER
OCCUPATION A DRESS REHEARSAL
FOR WHAT HAPPENED AT THE
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL. WE TALKED TO THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR ABOUT THAT >>.
HERE IS A STRAIGHT LINE FROM
WHAT HAPPENED AT MALHUER FIVE
YEARS AGO THIS WEEK >> TO WHAT
WE SAW IN WASHINGTON MANY
OF THE SAME GROUPS THAT WERE
THERE, THE OATH KEEPERS, THE
THREE PERCENTERS >> THOSE FOLKS
WERE IN WASHINGTON TAKING OVER
THE U.S. CAPITOL IN AN ATTEMPT
TO >> OVERTHROW THE ELECTION
OF JOE BIDEN AND EVERYTHING
THAT WE HAVE SEEN THESE GROUPS
ADVOCATING FOR CLAIMING THAT
PUBLIC LANDS DON'T BELONG TO
ALL AMERICANS.
ALL AMERICANS. THIS IS A THROUGH LINE THAT
THEY HAVE CARRIED FORWARD THESE
LAST FIVE YEARS AND THEY HAVE
BEEN INCUE EDGED AND EMBOLDENED
BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION >>.
>> NOW I ALSO WANTED TO GET THE
OPINION OF SOMEONE WHO STUDIES
EXTREMIST GROUPS.
EXTREMIST GROUPS. SO I ASKED SOCIOLOGIST RANDY
BLAZAK ABOUT THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE MALHUER OCCUPATION
AND WHAT WE WITNESSED IN
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. THAT OCCUPATION >> IS
COMPLETELY A PART OF THIS MODEL
OF THE PATRIOT MILITIA MOVEMENT
THE ANTI-GOVERNMENT MOVEMENT
THAT IS DISTRUSTFUL OF FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES.
AUTHORITIES. IN THIS CASE IT WAS A BUREAU
OF LAND MANAGEMENT THAT WAS THE
TARGET AND THAT THE PEOPLE ON A
LOCAL LEVEL ARE THE SOVEREIGN
CITIZENS, WHICH IS A TERM THAT
THEY USE ARE THE SORT OF THE
LOCAL AUTHORITY THAT SHOULD BE
FOLLOWED AND RWIN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT GOES TOO FAR IN
THEIR AUTHORITY THAT PEOPLE
HAVE A RIGHT TO STEP IN AND
TAKE THAT AUTHORITY BACK AND SO
THEY WERE A PART OF THAT.
THEY ARE A PART OF THAT BECAUSE
THOSE FOLKS ARE STILL THERE IN
WORKING IN THIS SORT
OF SUBCULTURE
OF SUBCULTURE OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT RHETORIC >>
.
.
. LIKE
. LIKE >>
. LIKE >> I MENTIONED A MOMENT
AGO, THAT OCCUPATION STARTED
FIVE YEARS THIS WEEK.
SO WHY DON'T WE TAKE A LOOK
BACK IN THE KGW VAULT OF WHEN
WE SENT PAT DOORIS >> TO
COVER THE STANDOFF?
STEPHEN >> DWIGHT HAMMOND
WALKED BACK INTO FEDERAL PRISON
TODAY IN CALIFORNIA TO FINISH
FIVE YEAR PRISON TERMS FOR
ARSON.
ARSON.
ARSON. MANY HERE IN BURNS ARE OUTRAGED
BECAUSE THE PAIR WERE
ORIGINALLY SENTENCED TO MUCH
SHORTER TERMS.
SHORTER TERMS. BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
APPEALED AND NOW THEY MUST
FINISH ALL FIVE YEARS.
MANY PEOPLE THINK IT'S A HEAVY
HANDED MOVE BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT INCLUDING THE HEAD
OF THE BURN CITY COUNCIL.
>> I EMPATHIZE WITH AMMOND I
I'M SORRY FOR THEIR SITUATION.
I THINK THE HEAVY HANDED YOU
KNOW, FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT BUT THIS ISN'T THEY
HAVEN'T MADE IT ABOUT THAT THEY
>> ARE THE ARMED PROTESTERS
THEY MARCHED THROUGH BURNED
SATURDAY THEN SOME BROKE OFF
AND TOOK OVER THE VISITOR'S
CENTER AT THE MALHEUR NATIONAL
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY SOUTH
OF TOWN.
OF TOWN.
OF TOWN. THE GROUP IS LED BY AMMOND
BUNDY, A NEVADA RANCHER WHOSE
FATHER IS FAMOUS FOR BATTLING
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER
LAND ISSUES.
LAND ISSUES. HE HAS SAID THEY REPRESENT
REGULAR AMERICANS WHO ARE BEING
ABUSED BY AN OPPRESSIVE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. >> OUR PURPOSE AS WE HAVE SHOWN
IS TO RESTORE AND DEFEND THE
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION. YOU SAID YOU ARE HERE TO HELP
THE CITIZENS OF HARNEY COUNTY
>>.
>>.
>>. THAT
>>. THAT HELP >> ENDED WHEN A
PEACEFUL PROTEST BECAME AN
ARMED OCCUPATION TODAY THE
HARNEY COUNTY SHERIFF ELECTED
BY THOSE CITIZENS SAID A PUBLIC
MESSAGE TO BUNDY AND THE OTHERS
>> THE HAMMONDS HAVE TURNED
THEMSELVES IN.
THEMSELVES IN. IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO LEAVE OUR
COMMUNITY, GO HOME TO YOUR
FAMILIES AND IN THIS PEACEFULLY
>> CITY COUNCIL LEADER DAN HOAK
AGREED IT IS TIME FOR THE GROUP
TO MOVE ON.
HE SAID MANY IN TOWN ARE
FRIGHTENED.
FRIGHTENED. WE HAVE >> CONCERN FOR SAFETY.
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE BEING
FOLLOWED.
FOLLOWED.
FOLLOWED. WE'VE GOT HERE WE'VE GOT THEM
PARKING OUTSIDE OF OF HOUSES
NOT JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT
THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST THEIR
CARS PARKING INTIMIDATING AND
I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM GO >>
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. WELL, THEY DIDN'T GO AWAY AND
THEY CONTINUED OCCUPYING THAT
WILD WHITE WILDLIFE REFUGE FOR
MORE THAN A MONTH.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE STANDOFF
TURNED DEADLY WHEN A GROUP WENT
TO MEET WITH A SHERIFF IN THE
NEXT COUNTY AND THEIR CARAVAN
GOT STOPPED BY THE FBI.
LAVOY FINICUM WAS SHOT AND
KILLED AND AMMOND BUNDY AND HIS