by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
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For residents of Oregon, the 2016 Malheur Refuge takeover by so-called patriot militants was a torturous affair that played out in slow motion. Lasting 41 days, the occupation made media stars of Ammon and Ryan Bundy and a martyr of Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, who was shot and killed by authorities. And while we heard occasional soundbites from the primary players about how their grazing land was being stolen by the government, little was known about what went on inside the refuge—until David Byars’ fly-on-the-wall documentary No Man’s Land.