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.
(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...
“two state troopers shot Finicum three times in the back during the chaotic scene...”
If he had his back to them, how did they know he had a gun? How did they know he was armed if they didn’t see a gun in his hand? Why did they not tase him immediately upon exit? He was standing still with his hands straight up.
Wild video....
Just like Ruby Ridge, and Waco I and II. We should not sleep well knowing that the FBI is investigating Hillary. They are just like the IRS, Government Gestapo.
Finicum is dead. He cannot refute the “testimony of those who killed him. That is to say, the “testimony” is just as likely to be self serving as it would be factual.
Misconduct is the new politically correct term for cold blooded murder.
They murder the guy in cold blood then they continue peppering the car....why was that necessary?
I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you/S
It’s already been ruled justified. Only hope is for a Pres Cruz or Trump to sic ghe DOJ on them.
I’m sure all the idiots who posted on this site right after the shooting saying Lavoy deserved what he got will soon clear any misconduct on the part of law enforcement.
azkathy, I believe it was.
What was their justification for shooting the truck full of people multiple times after they killed Finicum?
Of course they called it justified. They did the same in Waco.
FBI needs to be dismantled. Let elected Sherrifs handle things.
The men involved here should be hanging from trees.
Bkmrk.
Wouldn’t surprise me. You can see them all just standing over his body. Probably laughing and spitting on him.
I remember that too. It makes me wonder sometimes if there’s still a real Patriot left that hasn’t been murdered.
Witness “tampering”? :-)
Reminds me of Ruby Ridge.
The only way this is possible is if these five agents are white guys.
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