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Overnight Jam: Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan: "Crossing Muddy Waters"

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Backwoods Sleuth1/28/2016 8:12:30 am PST

“We’re willing to leave,” Fry said. “Out of five people left here, four of us are allowed to leave and one of them, he’s charged with a felony.”

Fry said an FBI negotiator told them the fifth man has a warrant for his arrest for the federal charge of conspiracy to interfere with federal employees. Federal authorities have used that charge to arrest 11 occupiers in the past two days.

Fry identified the man as “Sean,” a possible reference to Sean Anderson, a militiaman from Idaho.

The charge stands in the way of a peaceful end to the occupation, now in its 27th day. The remaining occupiers are trapped at the refuge. Police have established roadblocks and checkpoints at several locations around the refuge headquarters, allowing no one in. Anyone leaving the refuge is stopped, identified and searched.

The man identified as Sean said on the video he has been to the refuge on four occasions for two to three days at a time, returning home between visits.

Fry said others with more involvement in the occupation have been allowed to leave the refuge without charges. He specifically cited one of the bodyguards for Ammon Bundy, a possible reference to Mark McConnell, who released his own video Wednesday describing his role as a driver for Bundy at the time of the highway stop that resulted in one death.

Sean shouldn’t be arrested, Fry said on the video.

“We’re asking them to just drop the charges,” Fry said. “And nobody dies.”

He said those remaining were willing to have their weapons checked by police as they leave to ensure they aren’t stolen.

“We’re being reasonable,” Fry said.

Without the charge being dropped, the remaining occupiers will stay at the refuge, Fry said.

“Are they really going to kill five people for refusing to drop a charge?” Fry asked.

Somebody get this child a clue, or several…