Ammon Bundy, leader of the group occupying a wildlife refuge in Harney County has released a statement.
Bundy and 6 other people were arrested Tuesday night during a confrontation with law enforcement, but one man, LaVoy Finicum, was shot and killed.
Another protestor was arrested in Arizona.
Bundy’s attorney, Mike Arnold, read a statement from Bundy following his court hearing Wednesday, which asked the rest of the protesters at the refuge to leave. “I’m asking the federal government to allow the people at the refuge to go home without being prosecuted,” Bundy said through his attorney Mike Arnold, who stood outside court to read Bundy’s statement. “To those remaining at the refuge, I love you. Let us take this fight from here. Please stand down. Please stand down. Go home and hug your families. This fight is ours for now in the courts. Please go home.”
In court, 7 of the protestors arrested were ordered by a judge to remain in jail until at least Friday, because they are a danger to the community and with no ties to Oregon, are flight risks.
Another protestor arrested in Arizona was ordered to remain in jail until Tuesday.
