#Oregon bill aims to crack down on paramilitary activity
By Conrad Wilson (OPB)
Feb. 7, 2023 8:48 p.m.
#HouseBill2572 would provide the state with new tools to prevent #paramilitary activity,

In 2016, armed, anti-government #extremists took over the #MalheurNationalWildlifeRefuge for 41 days in a stand-off that leader dead and the others arrested. In 2017, #ProudBoys and #PatriotPrayer began holding #rallies in #Portland that were met with counter-protesters and frequently descended into v#Violence. In 2020, months of largely peaceful racial justice protests eventually gave way to property destruction at the hands of anarchists in black bloc. During that summer, a self-described supporter of #antifa shot and killed a protester on the far right. Weeks before the #Jan6 attack on the U.S. #Capitol, protesters broke into the Oregon State House, Some of those who showed up at the State House in #Salem went on to storm the halls of #Congress in Washington, D.C.

https://www.opb.org/article/2023/02/07/oregon-house-bill-2572-prevent-paramilitary-activity/