Outraged by the acquittal of protesters led by Ammon Bundy, some said on social media that nonwhite defendants would not have been treated as favorably.
Source: After Oregon Verdict, Arguments About the Role of Race
One of my Environmental Studies classes examined the Malheur dispute in some detail last spring. This provocative NYT commentary by no means closes the discussion: we can only be sure that disputes over Federal lands will continue, now with added attention to potential inequities over race.
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