"On the night of February 10, 2016, Ohioan David Fry-thin with glasses and a long, black ponytail-sat in a tent with three other people in rural southeastern Oregon. They were surrounded by FBI agents. "It's time to come out," one agent said dryly through a speaker. "Go home!" Fry yelled back. "You're making this a situation that's dangerous by being here! Any one of us could go nuts!""
"Fry finally came out with his hands up, ending the 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, near Burns, Oregon. A dramatic chapter in Northwest history, the seizure of the serene 293-square-mile bird refuge featured a potpourri of far-right extremists: militias, white supremacists, sovereign citizens, anti-public lands activists, right-wing media personalities, conspiracy theorists. Fry had been upset about government overreach and had driven across the country to join the occupation. Most of the occupiers were men."
On February 10, 2016, David Fry sat in a tent surrounded by FBI agents during a live-streamed standoff in rural southeastern Oregon. Occupiers screamed at agents, threatened suicide and armed resistance, and the live feed captured persistent threats that suggested imminent gunfire. Fry surrendered after a 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon. The seizure involved militias, white supremacists, sovereign citizens, anti-public-lands activists, right-wing media personalities and conspiracy theorists. Ammon Bundy directed the takeover, urging a "hard stand" against federal land control. Many occupiers cited government overreach as their motive, and most were men.
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