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To: xzins
Robert 'LaVoy' Finicum shot and killed while charging police, driver says
Mark McConnell posted a video to Facebook Wednesday morning, recounting the Tuesday afternoon scene that led to Finicum's death and the subsequent arrest of eight people involved in the Jan. 2 takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge....
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.
McConnell disputed earlier accounts on social media that Finicum was shot while on his knees with his hands up.

64 posted on 01/27/2016 8:47:58 AM PST by Gandalf the Mauve
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

Quite a difference in stories, it seems? The link posted does not show a video, that I could see. Video proof of the true encounter might be useful; has there been any posted?


71 posted on 01/27/2016 8:52:26 AM PST by Zarro (Ben Carson 2016)
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To: Gandalf the Mauve

This girl’s testimony offsets that.

Who is McConnell?


73 posted on 01/27/2016 8:53:58 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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