PORTLAND, Ore. —
On January and February, the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Reserve in Oregon lasted 41 days.
It took six weeks for the stand-off leader Amon Bundy, his brother Ryan and five others to try.
The verdict was made in just five days: All the defendants were acquitted.
This is the end of a federal trial, which is staged like three games. ring circus.
Ninth is often seen in trials
A court packed with more than 100 people.
Jurors, lawyers, supporters, journalists
The other room on the fourth floor was packed with more people. Just after 4 p. m.
On Thursday, Judge Anna Brown announced that all the defendants were acquitted on charges of conspiracy to block federal officials and holding guns in federal agencies.
Kenneth Medenbach, one of the Occupi's, was convicted of theft of the government. owned truck.
The jury was charged with the theft of Ryan Bundy's Government camera.
Ammon and Ryan Bundy will continue to be detained as they face charges in Nevada and they will be put on trial for their 2014 stand-off with land administration officials at the family ranch.
The men will be transferred to Nevada, where their father, Cliven, is currently imprisoned, officials said. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D)
She said she was disappointed but respected the jury's decision.
"The occupation of the Marhall sanctuary by outsiders does not reflect Oregon's respect for cooperation in resolving differences," Brown said in a statement on Thursday . ".
On the steps of the court, the accused was surrounded by cameras.
Supporters of the Occupi waved flags and read the Constitution aloud.
Defendant Shawna Cox called ita a constitutional victory.
"We have to be vigilant," she growled over TV cameras and microphones. "America, wake up and help us restore the constitution.
Don't sleep in the sand.
Another defendant, David Fry, who was the last holder of the sanctuary before the end of the standoff, said he only wanted a beer before returning to Ohio. As the last non
Bondi's accused is to be released, and Fry is welcomed by screaming supporters, holding a sign with the words "Hallelujah" attached to his words when he left the sanctuary in February.
Defense lawyer Matthew Schindler, who served as a mixed lawyer for the accused Medenbach, said the use of firearms enabled occupiers to win the world's attention for their cause.
"For these defendants and these people, having a gun has nothing to do with the threat or anything else," he said . ".
"It's like a cowboy hat or a pair of jeans, a statement of their rural culture.
I think the jury finally believed that's why the gun was there.
"When the verdict was read out on Thursday, Amon Bundy sat in court to file a lawsuit, but he was wearing a powerful dress during the trial --
Blue prison suit
His lawyer said Bondi wanted to appear in prison in clothes suitable for "political prisoners.
Supporters followed suit and put on scrub
The stylish shirts they watched from the gallery.
Like occupation itself.
A coup on federal land ownership lasted more than a month until FBI agents shut down the last occupier --
The trial lasted more than a month.
When Amon Bundy stepped onto the witness box, he grabbed the witness box like a pulpit, and made 10 remarks about his family, Mormon views and his interpretation of the United StatesS. Constitution.
After four days of deliberation, the circus seemed to have penetrated into the jury.
The judge dismissed a juror suspected of bias, forcing the consideration to begin with another juror.
But outside the court, security agents shouted
A police dog. S.
Police and metal detectors staged a circus in a green park across the street from downtown Portland.
Bondi's supporters threw a complete one.
Blow the tailgate party, place upa charcoal grill in the rain and distribute hot dogs and burgers.
A woman took out her little flag and pocket.
A copy of the size of the Constitution.
From behind a pickup truck, another woman shouted at the megaphone, and Judge Anna Brown "should be imprisoned.
You have committed religious prejudice!
They rode a dark horse in a red, white and blue saddle on the sidewalk and traffic at more than 5: 00. They wore T-
Read "Co not prosecuted-
And "liberate the Bondi people ".
"Early in the trial and throughout the process, people stopped and shouted at the protesters.
Only in Portland-
This city, affectionately known as "Little Beirut"
Whether there will be protests against political protests.
During the course of the trial, defense counsel argued that marchur's occupation was only a protest, similar to the "Martin Luther King-style sit-in --in.
On January, after peaceful protests, wildlife protection areas were occupied.
A safe parking lot in Burns.
Against the imprisonment of Dwight and Steven Hammondand-
Admitted son ranchers who set fire on federal land.
Later that day, Bondi and a bunch of guns
Hat in disguise
The dressed man executed a soldier.
Take over of a bird sanctuary in southeast Oregon
Then occupied its building for a few days.
The eyes of the world immediately turned to the distant western snow field and came to a place called Malheur, a French word that means "misfortune" or "tragedy ", sent to a nearby river by a French catcher, where the team of hunters was destroyed by the Indians.
The word French seems to have modern significance at once. Ammon Bundy —
The son of Nevada ranchers Cliven Bundy, who led his own confrontation with federal agents on his ranch in Nev bunkerville on 2014. —
As a cowboy
Hatted speakers and leaders of a group of "patriots" called their takeover a peaceful political protest, advocating the rights of rural ranchers.
They think they have taken a "tough stance" after years of "oppression" by government agencies ".
But the locals were scared: Burns's school. —30 miles away —
Closed for a week.
The doors of the federal office have been closed.
The county sheriff is ready to invade his office.
Slogans appeared everywhere in the town: "Bondi go home!
"At the shelter's daily press conference, Bondi will tell a group of journalists that the outlook for western rural areas is disappearing due to federal land ownership.
Took a shot.
A copy of the size of the Constitution peeked from his chest pocket, he would say the government must be stopped.
Bondi and his men were very simple.
Oh, good guy, this operation will take place in the most unusual circumstances. golly-
Gee of the way: it's technology-
Live on the Internet.
When most men pray together, the video appears on YouTube.
Facebook called for support.
Twitter de vandals label the organization # yallqaeda and lead efforts to mail sexual toy packages to shelters, lazily as the Red video appears
Face the man pulling plastic perfume out of the box.
When a member of the group was shot dead by the National Police, a video of a passenger in the car's mobile phone appeared online.
In the last few hours of the standoff, only four people stayed, FBI armored vehicles tilted towards them, and their screams and tears were passed to the ears of about 60,000 live listeners on YouTube.
It feels like a modern Waco or Ruby Ridge for bundys supporters.
For critics, this is the last scene inspired by ringmaster Ammon Bundy.
A new incident began in court.
Although many of Bondi's 26 colleagues
The accused pleaded guilty to conspiracy to prevent federal officials from performing their duties-
Charges used to prosecute extremists.
Winger and first earth protester
Six others remain steadfast in their innocence. (
On February, a second trial of seven other defendants will begin;
In the same month, Cliven, Ammon, Ryan and two other Bundy sons will face trial in Nevada for a standoff over 2014 Bundy ranch. )
In the final debate, defense counsel argued that the government was doing what the accused had protested: excessive contact.
Defense lawyer Matthew Schindler asked jurors to accept
Bondi defendants including Cox28-year-
David Fry, the old computer fan; the 68-year-
Old "old hippie" Neil wappell
62-year-old Medenbach.
Jeff Banta was the seventh defendant.
"Look at these people," said Schindler.
"Is that an army?