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Oregon standoff: What if the armed occupiers were black or Muslim?

AJ+ asks the armed men holding the Oregon wildlife refuge about how police would respond if the occupiers weren't white

The federal government’s tempered response to the occupation of a U.S. national wildlife refuge in Oregon by an armed group of white ranchers and their supporters have critics crying foul. Citing “white privilege,” some observers of the weeklong standoff have accused authorities of taking a less-forceful approach to the situation than they would have if the occupiers were black or Muslim.

Curious what the armed men think about that criticism, Dena Takruri of AJ+ went to the occupied wildlife refuge to ask them herself. 

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