His brake lights were on as soon he got to the curve. So it would be reasonable to say it’s possible he was attempting to stop. Or maybe he was just slowing down trying to look for a way around the roadblock. We can’t tell conclusively from the video.
Regardless, I don’t think it would be a blind curve at legal speed.
So he was speeding away from a police car, crossing a double line repeatedly and was unable to stop (or refused to stop) for a roadblock and either hit or almost hit an LEO. Whose fault is that?
[[So he was speeding away from a police car, crossing a double line repeatedly and was unable to stop (or refused to stop) for a roadblock and either hit or almost hit an LEO. Whose fault is that?]]
Tell us all how any of those things warrants being shot in the back when your hands are in the air?
I don’t think it’s a death sentences to to evade the cops. They set up their secondary ambush stop intentionally on a blind curve. This is an old road block tactic. They do the same with DUI stops, which are also unconstitutional.
I bet those in the Truck never fired a single shot.
I can’t comment definitively on your opinion that you “don’t think it would be a blind curve at legal speed”, but will bite on the “Whose fault is that?” challenge.
1) Speeding away from a police car and crossing a double line repeatedly are the responsibilty of the driver, Mr. Finicum. But not a capital offense in most jurisdictions, I presume. (Might also be quite rational if he had reason to believe he had been shot at, as another person in the vehicle has claimed, and as *might* be evident by the light flashes that occurred immediately before he “took off” from the previous stop).
2) Being unable to stop for cars parked in the middle of the road around a curve is more a matter of physics than fault. That he DID manage to avoid hitting them by driving to the side is understandable, and even admirable, I would say.
3) Jumping into the path of an oncoming vehicle (and pointing a weapon at it in a shooter’s crouch, I believe) was the choice of the LEO who did it.
4) Immediately climbing out of the vehicle with his hands up was definitely his fault, though — you’re right about that.