piscator wrote:Hermit wrote:In 1979 40 squatters occupied a wild life refuge on federal land. Three days later the authorities had them bundled out of there and gaoled four of them for trespassing.
The Authorities asked them to leave. All but 4 did. A preacher and 3 other guys are easy enough to pick up and carry out.
Correct. I guess the federal government can't handle more than a quartet of unarmed squatters then.
piscator wrote:How many guns did you say they had?
Right. My guess above was correct. Not that a firefight is even necessary. The clowns who announced they will squat on federal owned land for as long as it takes to have their demands met, then sends out an SOS for snacks three days later should be easy to starve out. What happens instead? They finish up doing their own shopping at the local supermarket down the road. FFS...
The first thing I would do would be to throw a tight cordon around them, switch off electricity, turn off the water supply, and anyone who comes out will be arrested for trespassing, property damage and whatever other charges can be brought, then taken to court. By the time they come out of gaol they may have cooled their heels sufficiently to fucking well go home. Else, more charges and escalating periods of incarcerations.
