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The Montana Freemen were a Christian Patriot group that rejected the authority of the federal government and engaged in bank fraud and liens. They had a 81-day armed standoff with the FBI in 1996, after which they were convicted and imprisoned.
Learn about the 2016 standoff between anti-government militants and law enforcement at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon. Find out the causes, goals, methods, results, and parties involved in this controversial event.
The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was a 51-day confrontation between the Branch Davidians, a religious cult, and U.S. federal and Texas state law enforcement officials in 1993. The siege ended with a fire that killed 82 people, including children and the cult leader David Koresh, and sparked debates over the causes and consequences of the tragedy.
Janet Reno (1938-2016) was the first female and 78th US attorney general, serving from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. She was born and raised in Miami, Florida, and had a long career as a lawyer and public official before and after her tenure as attorney general.
The Southern Poverty Law Center noted a similarity between Doucette's planned trials and the false trials held by the Montana Freemen group in the 1990s. [88] Oregon members of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, a sportsmen's group, removed tarps the militants used to cover an official refuge sign. On January 12, members of the group also posted ...
From January 2 to February 11, 2016, the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) in eastern Oregon were seized and occupied by an armed group, later called Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, affiliated with private U.S. militias and the sovereign citizen movement following an earlier peaceful march in protest of the prison sentences for ranchers Dwight Hammond and his son ...
She was the first woman president of the State Bar Association of Montana. [4] [3] She was appointed as United States Attorney for the District of Montana in November 1993. [5] Most notably, the Montana Freeman were prosecuted by the US Attorney's office during her tenure. [6] During the Freeman standoff, the Unabomber was arrested
The family of Sean Harris has filed a federal civil rights complaint against Clarkstown, Rockland County and a slew of first responders who were involved in a standoff that preceded the death last ...