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Idaho 3%ers make Oregon stand

A group of Idaho 3%ers participate in the rally over the weekend in support of two ranchers who had defied the U.S. government.
A group of Idaho 3%ers participate in the rally over the weekend in support of two ranchers who had defied the U.S. government.

Armed antigovernment extremists, including the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, seized an unoccupied federal visitor’s center in Oregon over the weekend after their rally failed to convince two ranchers to continue defying the U.S. government. Dwight Hammond, 73, and his son, Steven Hammond, 46,  both convicted of arson for starting fires on public lands adjoining their ranch near Burns, Ore., said they would report to federal prisons in California today and begin serving 5-year mandatory sentences and not seek sanctuary from the local sheriff and militia and Patriots. Extremists and antigovernment activists from throughout the country, particularly the West, flocked to Burns for the Saturday rally supporting the Hammonds, who didn’t participate/Bill Morlin, SPLC Hate Watch. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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