Oregon Standoff: 1 Dead 8 Arrested, Others still holed up in compound “Ready to Die” #Oregonstandoff

I hate to say I told you so; but, I told you so!

Via OregonLive.com:

BURNS – Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was killed and other leaders of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation were arrested Tuesday after the FBI and state police stopped vehicles about 20 miles north of Burns.

Authorities did not release the name of the person who died at the highway stop, but Finicum’s daughter confirmed it was Finicum, 55, of Cane Beds, Arizona, one of the cowboy-hat wearing faces of the takeover.

“My dad was such a good good man, through and through,” said Arianna Finicum Brown, 26, one of Finicum’s 11 children. “He would never ever want to hurt somebody, but he does believe in defending freedom and he knew the risks involved.”

Ryan Bundy, 43, of Bunkerville, Nev., suffered a minor gunshot wound in the confrontation about 4:30 p.m. along U.S. 395. He was treated and released from a local hospital and was in FBI custody, authorities said.

Also arrested during the stop were his brother, Ammon Bundy, 40, of Emmett, Idaho, Ryan W. Payne, 32, of Anaconda, Mont., Brian Cavalier, 44, of Bunkerville, Nevada, and Shawna J. Cox, 59, of Kanab, Utah. They were charged with conspiracy to impede federal officers, a felony.

I said it here on this blog; that those guy were headed for trouble and I was right. Those guys were going to get away with that occupation for so long and after that, the screws would be tightened, and the screws are now being tightened.  All that is left now, is for the FBI to move in on that compound and finish the job. You might think that I am happy that this is happening; you would be wrong.

However, the fact remains that this these people had ample opportunity to leave that compound and stop that occupation; the local sheriff and the FBI did that and they refused. So, now, these people are going to find out what happens when you commit an act of armed insurrection against the United States of America. These people arrested and the rest of them; if they happen to make it out alive, should be charged with insurrection against the Government and charged with high treason.

However, something tells me, and it sickens me to have to write this; but something tells me that those people inside the compound will never get that chance, just like David Koresh never got his chance to face the Government. Whether it is by overzealous FBI agents or by their own refusal to leave and later gun battle with the FBI; these people will do themselves in and never make it to a jury trial. If they are foolish enough to think that holing themselves up in a compound and engaging in a gun battle with the FBI,  is going to change the Government, then one can assume that they will not be wise enough to surrender to the FBI and stand down that occupation and allow the legal system to do its job.

It is a sad thing to have to stand along the sidelines and watch; and even write blog postings about. But, these men know exactly what they are doing; and for that, they will pay with their lives — and for what? 15 minutes of fame and martyrdom among political extremists? It makes no sense, not at all.

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