A federal jury in Portland acquits Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, and five co-defendants of conspiracy to impede federal officers through force, threats, or intimidation, despite their 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters beginning January 2, 2016. The twelve-person …
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On May 12, 2008, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deployed 900 federal agents to execute the largest worksite enforcement raid in U.S. history at the Agriprocessors kosher slaughterhouse and meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, arresting 389 employees—nearly 20% of the town’s total …
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On June 22, 1917, police arrested six suffragists for picketing the White House, initiating a campaign of state repression against the Silent Sentinels that would eventually result in 168 National Woman’s Party members serving time in prison. The arrests came after the United States entered …
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