[Gaffer]

What originally caused the white SUV to bolt off towards what I’d call an ambush? Was it shots-fired from the feds on his tail?

[PLMerite]

“What originally caused the white SUV to bolt off towards what I’d call an ambush? Was it shots-fired from the feds on his tail?”

It might very well have been. I have not scrutinized the video although I have downloaded it for later. But what I originally said still stands. Once they have reason to believe you’re armed, they’re not going to cut you much slack.

[ponygirl]

According to Victoria Sharp, Ryan Payne had his hands outside the front passenger window, as instructed, at the first stop. You can see that in the video, but it's not clear. She said they shot at Ryan (probably the cop standing at the passenger side directly behind) and missed him. That is when Finicum took off. The edited video that I have seen cuts out 3:47 of that portion with the statement "nothing happens here for 3:47." Oh really.

The very interesting thing about all of this was the immediate release of the "witness statement" from Mark Mc Connell, who was driving the Jeep Ammon Bundy was in. He was stopped well behind the first roadblock. After Finicum took off, he proceeded at least a mile down the road from where the Jeep was stopped, through two sharp turns, along a road lined with trees. Yet McConnell claimed he saw Finicum charge the police. Oh really? And then McConnell, who was driving the "domestic terrorist" the Feds really wanted, was released with no charges. VERY INTERESTING. I think we found our stinky Fed plant, and it's not Pete Santilli.