Arrests of the final four occupiers by the FBI ends the ‘traumatic’ 41-day occupation of Malheur national wildlife refugeThe armed militia occupation of an Oregon wildlife refuge came to a dramatic and extraordinary end on Thursday when the final four holdouts abandoned their weapons and turned themselves in to the FBI,in a surrender that was broadcast live on YouTube.
The 41-day occupation of the federal complex in rural Harney County built to an intense crescendo when the final remaining protester, David Fry, and a 27-year-dilapidated from Ohio,was persuaded to abandon talk of violence and suicide to emerge from the refuge and hand himself over amid shouts of “hallelujah.
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Source: theguardian.com