Like almost everyone, we were stunned by last
week's "not guilty" verdicts for the Bundy brothers and other defendants
following the 41-day armed takeover of Oregon's Malheur National
Wildlife Refuge earlier this year.
"This is an extremely disturbing verdict for anyone who cares about America's public lands, the rights of native people and their heritage, and a political system that refuses to be bullied by violence and racism," said Kierán Suckling, the Center's executive director. "The Bundy clan and their followers peddle a dangerous brand of radicalism aimed at taking over lands owned by all of us. I worry this verdict only emboldens the kind of intimidation and right-wing violence that underpins their movement."
Particularly galling was the juxtaposition of the Oregon verdicts, which involved armed militants, with the brutal treatment of unarmed activists fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.
Watch Kierán's recent interview on DemocracyNow! and read Taylor's McKinnon's op-ed on the far-reaching implications of the Bundy verdicts.
"This is an extremely disturbing verdict for anyone who cares about America's public lands, the rights of native people and their heritage, and a political system that refuses to be bullied by violence and racism," said Kierán Suckling, the Center's executive director. "The Bundy clan and their followers peddle a dangerous brand of radicalism aimed at taking over lands owned by all of us. I worry this verdict only emboldens the kind of intimidation and right-wing violence that underpins their movement."
Particularly galling was the juxtaposition of the Oregon verdicts, which involved armed militants, with the brutal treatment of unarmed activists fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.
Watch Kierán's recent interview on DemocracyNow! and read Taylor's McKinnon's op-ed on the far-reaching implications of the Bundy verdicts.
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