Since an armed militia overtook an Oregon nature preserve in early January, the only real consequence has been strangers mailing them bags of glitter and dildos. A recent piece from The Oregonian tells the story of when 40 members of the People Organized for Equal Rights set up camp on a federal nature preserve south of Savannah, Georgia. They were unarmed, and their ancestors - former slaves - had lived there for generations until 1942 when the military took over the land through eminent domain. They gave the residents 3 weeks to leave, burned down their homes and farms, and built an airbase on top of it, which they abandoned after World War II.