From Jeannette Finicum’s statement today, “My lawyers believe we can show that was not their goal because there is no better evidence of their intent than their actions.”
I think this is key, we can tell what their goal was by their actions. They planned and executed an ambush, pretty clear what they had for a goal.
They planned and executed an ambush, pretty clear what they had for a goal.
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It was a legal roadblock, and I believe they had a warrant for his arrest. Finicum certainly believed there was a warrant and he stated previously in reponse to that belief that he’d rather die than go to jail.
People caught in an ambush don’t have an opportunity to repeatedly tell police officers that they’ll have to shoot them which is what Finicum did, and is recorded in the video.