The notorious ringleader of two armed standoffs against the federal government is a fugitive hiding indiscreetly in Cedar City, Utah.
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** Ammon Bundy is avoiding arrest in Utah, threatens to 'make a stand'
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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Ammon Bundy speaking at a forum in Mesa, Arizona in 2016. Gage Skidmore, Flickr ([link removed])
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Ammon Bundy, the notorious ringleader of two armed standoffs against the federal government over his illegal public land use, is a fugitive hiding indiscreetly ([link removed]) in Cedar City, Utah.
In 2022, Bundy mobilized his base outside a hospital in Idaho after Child Protective Services took his friend's 10-month-old grandson who was suffering from severe malnutrition. The group harassed hospital staff over several days, and doctors, nurses, and local police received death threats.
Bundy was sued for defamation by the hospital, and a $53 million judgment was placed against him and others involved. He skipped trial on contempt of court charges and fled to Utah, and he now has a warrant out for his arrest.
Ironically, Bundy claimed ([link removed]) he fled his arrest warrant in Idaho because he wants peace, even though he has a long history of unjustified aggression. In 2014, Bundy's father was accused of grazing cattle illegally on public land for about 20 years, racking up $1 million in unpaid grazing fees. When the federal government came to collect the fees, the family organized hundreds of armed anti-government militants to scare them off. Two years later, Bundy and his heavily-armed supporters occupied ([link removed]) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Oregon demanding public land be handed over to local ranchers. The demonstration turned violent, causing one death.
In reponse to Bundy's wish to be left alone, Gary Raney said ([link removed]) , “That’s been his line for a long time, and my response to it is: so did that physician, so did that nurse, so did that child protective services worker, so did law enforcement. They just want to be left alone. He’s a hypocrite ([link removed]) .” Raney is the former sheriff of Ada County, where Bundy's arrest warrant was issued. He told The Independent ([link removed]) that because of the chaos instigated by the Bundy standoffs, anyone with the power to arrest him might be reluctant to use it.
Despite claiming to seek peace, Bundy closed the interview ([link removed]) with a threat. “I hope they don’t continue to pursue and to pursue and to pursue because I really don’t want to leave the United States,” he said. “And I really don’t want to have to stop and make a stand.”
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” Grasslands are neglected by conservation often. They’re just not seen as sexy as forests and mountains.”
—Bertie Weddell, a retired Washington State University faculty member, High Country News ([link removed])
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Alaska Native communities have been practicing sustainable hunting, fishing, and gathering for thousands of years, using the land's resources in ways that honor nature. In Alaska's national parklands, subsistence is not just a way of life— it’s a vital connection to culture, heritage, and community.
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