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Robert "LaVoy" Finicum shot and killed while charging police, driver says
The Oregonian/OregonLive ^ | January 27, 2016 at 9:45 AM, updated January 27, 2016 at 3:43 PM | By Les Zaitz

Posted on 01/27/2016 8:06:06 PM PST by dynoman

Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, the spokesman of the refuge occupation, was shot and killed after he charged police during a roadside stop north of Burns on Tuesday, according to a man on Facebook who claims to be the driver of one of two vehicles involved in the highway shooting.

McConnell said he noticed movement, and Finicum "took off" in the pickup with the remaining passengers. He said Payne and Cox described encountering a police roadblock about a mile north on the highway and apparently tried to get around it, becoming stuck in the snow.

"When he exited the vehicle, the rear wheels were still spinning," McConnell said. "He charged at law enforcement" and was shot.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: sedition
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Well. He said he'd rather die than be arrested.

Sad end to a series of bad choices.

1 posted on 01/27/2016 8:06:06 PM PST by dynoman
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To: dynoman

Video

https://www.facebook.com/mark.mcconnell.127648/videos/10154667085229762/?pnref=story


2 posted on 01/27/2016 8:10:10 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: dynoman

He was a very interesting character. The Bundy brothers, in my opinion, took advantage of his personality quirks.


3 posted on 01/27/2016 8:10:13 PM PST by wideawake
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To: dynoman

Cops are not judge, jury and executioner. The girl says he was marching toward the cops with hands up when shot. If that is true something illegal happened. Does not change the fact that they did exactly what they should not have done.


4 posted on 01/27/2016 8:13:18 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: dynoman

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3389534/posts?page=1#1

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3389534/posts?page=23#23


5 posted on 01/27/2016 8:14:27 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: WildHighlander57

I’ve seen those threads.


6 posted on 01/27/2016 8:16:02 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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Victoria Sharp's account (was sitting next to Ryan Bundy in the vehicle finicum got out of.

The vehicle will tell the tale.

She indicates that Finicum was not "charging" at the Feds.

Listen.

7 posted on 01/27/2016 8:17:35 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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He indicates LaVoy was charging, listen;

https://www.facebook.com/mark.mcconnell.127648/videos/10154667085229762/?pnref=story


8 posted on 01/27/2016 8:19:02 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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He was 200 yards away. She was in the vehicle.

Listen.

9 posted on 01/27/2016 8:21:42 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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Is there any evidence of hostile actions by any of the militia? I mean shooting or brandishing weapons, not merely walking in this or that direction.

Looks like the government adopted the usual "shoot first" policy to end their little problem and cow dissidents.

May God bless the Finicum family and provide comfort to them - and justice to the survivors.

10 posted on 01/27/2016 8:22:01 PM PST by Another Post-American (Jesus died for your sins.)
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"The vehicle will tell the tale."

I wonder if it will look like Bonnie & Clyde's death car.

11 posted on 01/27/2016 8:22:17 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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This lady claims otherwise.

https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=w0e6CGWw85o&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DY92PvMFL0Eg%26feature%3Dshare


12 posted on 01/27/2016 8:22:26 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: dynoman

This is not worth discussing. Trump is not going to be on the FOX debates. Why are you even posting this?


13 posted on 01/27/2016 8:25:18 PM PST by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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From her account the vehicle was hit by gunfire from different angles, “120 times”. I doubt she counted them, but perhaps estimated. (That’s only 4 30-round magazines, and from what she described, there were multiple shooters with lasers on each of them when the shooting died down and they got out.)


14 posted on 01/27/2016 8:25:29 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: jwalsh07

Absolutely


15 posted on 01/27/2016 8:26:02 PM PST by ZULU (If you support Stokes or Obama, you are too stupid to own a gun.)
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I know she does. And the guy claims he charged.

https://www.facebook.com/mark.mcconnell.127648/videos/10154667085229762/?pnref=story


16 posted on 01/27/2016 8:26:19 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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You don’t charge police and expect to live to tell about it, never, ever. Exceptions include; Toddler’s running in a onesie, Elderly, half crippled, clinically obese, and in a motorized wheelchair person, charging police with their red-tipped walking stick raised high into the air. Ex-Miss America contestants charging police with their cell phone raised up in the air, and wearing an Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, that she allegedly wore for the first time that day.


17 posted on 01/27/2016 8:26:49 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Travis McGee

Does the lady say LaVoy took off?


18 posted on 01/27/2016 8:27:08 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: mass55th

I am waiting to see. Who knows how long we will wait?


19 posted on 01/27/2016 8:27:22 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: dynoman

There are conflicting accounts of this matter with the woman in the vehicle saying Finicum was not charging FBI and police.

Ammon Bundy told the story that way when he called his wife after being arrested. Ammon Bundy told his wife that Finicum had his hands up when he was shot, that he was cooperating with police.


20 posted on 01/27/2016 8:27:44 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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