Saying so doesn’t make itso. From the video he appears to be a victim of cop over reaction triggered I suppose , because they believed they were dealing with a dread ‘white nationalist terrorist’. This man seems to be victim of cop stupidity. In what way was he either a patriot or a hero and how was his foolish death a death for freedom? Serious questions. There too many posts such as yours here long on windy rhetoric and short on good sense.
Research Bundy Ranch, LaVoy Finicum, Malheur Wildlife Refuge, etc. There’s a lot involved for me to spend here running down the whole situation. Hopefully you’ve heard about Bundy Ranch and attempts by the Feds/BLM to remove Bundy’s cattle from their BLM grazing land. BLM (in this case, Bureau of Land Management) was met with resistance by patriots from around the Country. After BLM was pushed out, Bundy’s son and Finicum, along with a core group of others, took over the national refuge to send a message that patriots were standing up to tyranny. The ambush of Finicum (Bundy’s son was also present) happened on a stretch of road the FBI had setup on, after finding out that members of the group were going to a nearby town to speak with the public and police. The Feds ambushed on this stretch and this is where Finicum was murdered. Go. Read. Research.
“because they believed”
We don’t know what the officers were thinking or why. We just have a blurry video. Did the officers know he had or didn’t have a weapon or did they not know? Second guessing something like this is a crap shoot.