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As we enter Day 31 of the standoff at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, here are the latest developments: According to witness Shawna Cox, who was arrested with four other occupiers on Tuesday, Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, spokesman for the occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, was yelling "just shoot me" before he was shot and killed by police in a traffic stop <http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/01/shawna_cox_refuge_occupier_des.html>. *Shawna Cox will be fitted with an ankle monitor *and is expected to return home to Utah <http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/01/arrested_oregon_occupier_freed.html>, her husband said Sunday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman on Friday had ordered the release of Cox and another defendant, but it was *contingent on the departure of the remaining four occupiers at the wildlife refuge.* It's not clear what changed. The four holdouts awoke Sunday to discover that many lost phone and Internet service overnight <http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/01/post_4.html>. The occupiers have produced several online videos detailing their stance, but their account has been quiet since Saturday evening. The sudden quiet heightened the sense of uncertainty <http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/01/oregon_standoff_uncertainty_builds.html> about when -- and how -- the standoff would end. Ryan Bundy's wife, Angela, said in an interview with a Boise television station that her husband is "really shaken up" over the shooting death of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum <http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/01/ryan_bundys_wife_questions_law.html>. Two demonstrations are planned for Monday in Burns, one by protesters who back the standoff and another by locals in support of law enforcement officials. Follow The Oregonian/OregonLive team from the scene today on Twitter: Les Zaitz @LesZaitz <https://twitter.com/LesZaitz?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor> Molly Young @mollykyoung <https://twitter.com/mollykyoung> Hashtag: #OregonStand <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23OregonStandoff&src=typd> http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/02/ammon_bundy_to_appeal_to_anoth.html#incart_river_index_topics Ammon Bundy to appeal to another judge to be released pending trial, court records show Lawyers for Ammon Bundy this week will challenge U.S. Magistrate Judge Staci F. Beckerman's order to keep Bundy in custody pending trial. Beckerman on Friday denied release for Bundy, <http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/01/federal_judge_denies_release_f.html> citing his repeated disregard of federal orders to leave the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, where he's accused of leading a month-long armed takeover of the federal property that began Jan. 2. MORE...
“Lawyers for Ammon Bundy this week will challenge U.S. Magistrate………”.
A modern-day Nelson Mandella?