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FBI agents under investigation for possible misconduct in LaVoy Finicum shooting
The Oregonian ^ | 03/08/16 | Les Zaitz

Posted on 03/08/2016 5:38:05 PM PST by Enlightened1

An FBI agent is suspected of lying about firing twice at Robert "LaVoy" Finicum and may have gotten help from four other FBI agents in covering up afterward, authorities revealed Tuesday.

The bullets didn't hit Finicum and didn't contribute to his death, but now all five unnamed agents, part of an elite national unit, are under criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department. Inspector General Michael Horowitz is leading the independent inquiry.

The remarkable disclosure came as a team of local investigators released findings that two state troopers shot Finicum three times in the back during the chaotic scene at a police roadblock Jan. 26. One bullet pierced his heart, an autopsy showed.

A prosecutor ruled the fatal shooting was legally justified, saying state law allows use of deadly force when officers believe a person is about to seriously injure or kill someone. Finicum kept moving his hands toward a pocket that contained a loaded handgun. Although he was shot from behind, Finicum had a trooper in front of him armed with a Taser who was thought to be in danger.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: agents; bundy; fbi; finicum; hammondranch; lavoy; misconduct; oregon; shooting
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Amazing video!

The Oregonian has the video inside the Lavoy Finicum vehicle during the encounter with the FBI.

Click on the link and watch the side by side video. It gets very interesting at 5 minutes and 25 seconds.

You watch and decided is it murder or not?

1 posted on 03/08/2016 5:38:05 PM PST by Enlightened1
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The video is at the top of the link. Five minutes and 25 seconds is where you want to be to watch the shooting.

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/03/oregon_standoff_fbi_agents_und.html


2 posted on 03/08/2016 5:39:42 PM PST by Enlightened1
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Normally I’d go with law enforcement but this one stinks. Shot in the back. Was he unarmed? Chaotic scene huh?


3 posted on 03/08/2016 5:40:27 PM PST by Williams (Dear God, please save us from the Democrats. And the Republicans.)
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4 posted on 03/08/2016 5:40:27 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: Enlightened1

The safest way to shoot someone is in the back. /sarc


5 posted on 03/08/2016 5:42:23 PM PST by baltimorepoet
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To: Enlightened1
Just like Lon Horiuchu.

Just like the Fed.gov murderers in Waco-- the first time, and the second.

NOTHING will happen to these agents. No punishment or retribution whatsoever.

Privately, they will be patted on the back for SWATTING "domestic militia", to which the police and the Fed.gov thugs are diametrically opposed.

6 posted on 03/08/2016 5:43:00 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (AMERICA IS DONE! When can we start over?)
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To: Enlightened1

Armed, union, thugs dont just kill blacks.


7 posted on 03/08/2016 5:43:20 PM PST by NoLibZone (I voted for Mitt. The lesser of 2 evils religious argument put a black Muzzi nationalist in the W.H.)
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To: Enlightened1

I can’t get the video right now, must be pretty busy. I hope a lot of people are watching.


8 posted on 03/08/2016 5:44:44 PM PST by Bearshouse
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To: Enlightened1; NoLibZone

FBI = Famous But Incompetent


9 posted on 03/08/2016 5:45:36 PM PST by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2016!)
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To: Williams
This was an ambush. He was clearly murdered. On one video you can see either an FBI Agent or an Oregon State Trooper flipping Finnicum off as he's lying in the snow either dead or dying.

They didn't even call for medical help for ten minutes. They wanted to make sure he was dead.

I hope those bastards fry in Hell.

10 posted on 03/08/2016 5:45:40 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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I am generally pro LEO, but this was an execution and the officers need to be tried for murder.


11 posted on 03/08/2016 5:45:53 PM PST by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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To: Enlightened1

Possible misconduct? Murder is at least probable misconduct.


12 posted on 03/08/2016 5:45:53 PM PST by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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To: Enlightened1

Possible?


13 posted on 03/08/2016 5:46:05 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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Who’s conducting the investigation?

Lets hope there are some very independent locals involved.


14 posted on 03/08/2016 5:46:52 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Finicum had a trooper in front of him armed with a Taser who was thought to be in danger.

Complete and utter bullshit. The video clearly shows Finnicum getting out of the vehicle with his hands up. He doesn't lower his hands until after he's shot in the kidney.

I defy anyone to keep his or her hands raised after being shot in the torso.

Sons of bitches.

15 posted on 03/08/2016 5:48:06 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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Yeah it looks like flat out murder to me.

The guy had his hands up and they shot and killed him.


16 posted on 03/08/2016 5:49:38 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: bgill

The video is very powerful.


17 posted on 03/08/2016 5:50:00 PM PST by Enlightened1
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.........my recollection is that Finicum did not even have a gun on him. If that is correct, and given the video where his hands were up, he was murdered.

Unfortunately, the Government under this radical Marxist regime, lies to us every day and thus NOTHING the government says can be believed. That’s a sad situation.

I think the FBI has proved themselves so incompetent at the business of handling firearms and shooting situations (Waco/Ruby Ridge) that they should be disarmed and become an Investigative agency only.


18 posted on 03/08/2016 5:50:27 PM PST by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)
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To: taxcontrol

Same here.


19 posted on 03/08/2016 5:50:54 PM PST by Enlightened1
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What else are they lying about?


20 posted on 03/08/2016 5:54:10 PM PST by kiryandil (Ted Cruz endorsement fails as Ted Cruz fails to win more than 50% of the vote in Texas)
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