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Outcry Over Oregon Standoff Verdict: White Militants Acquitted While Native Protestors Maced, Beaten

A jury's quick acquittal of seven militants in Oregon on charges stemming from the armed occupation of Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge raised cries of racial bias and white privilege. The all-white jury took just six hours to find all of the defendants not guilty on all conspiracy charges despite the fact the armed takeover was live streamed to the world and authorities discovered huge caches of weapons and ammunition on the property.

Critics noted the irony of images of native protesters being maced and attacked over their peaceful protest on the very day the verdict was delivered. Many charged that if the militants had been Native American or black, they would have been killed, not acquitted.

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