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Hands up, just shoot!
WND ^ | 27 Jan 2016 | Jeff Knox

Posted on 01/27/2016 7:06:46 PM PST by amorphous

The occupation of a remote wildlife refuge turned violent yesterday when federal agents stopped two vehicles carrying protesters to a town hall meeting in John Day, Oregon. Victoria Sharp, a passenger in one of those vehicles, has reported that federal agents opened fire on the group without provocation after conflicting and confusing demands for the protesters to surrender. Sharp reported that shots were first fired at Ryan Payne as he complied with orders to show his hands out of the window of the vehicle in which she was riding, but that the shots missed. Payne was calling for police to not shoot, as there were women in the vehicle, and exited the vehicle, asking that the women be allowed out.

At this point, LaVoy Finicum, one of the spokesmen for the occupiers, who was driving the vehicle in which Ms. Sharp was riding, yelled out the window that they were going to go talk to the sheriff (at the meeting in John Day), or that agents could just shoot him. He told the passengers to get down, and drove forward, precipitating heavy gunfire from the agents, and crashing the vehicle into a snowbank.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: bundys; burns; fbi; lavoy; oregon; sedition
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To: amorphous

The government is out of control and lawless. It needs to be reigned in and brought to justice, not fed and expanded.


41 posted on 01/27/2016 8:10:56 PM PST by Another Post-American (Jesus died for your sins.)
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To: Jet Jaguar; blueunicorn6; Godzilla

Robert “LaVoy” Finicum shot and killed while charging police, driver says

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3389558/posts?page=1


42 posted on 01/27/2016 8:11:52 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: blueunicorn6
Why didn’t the police say this guy attacked them and they were forced to shoot him?

Because they don't have to lie. The media, the justice system, the politicians, the governor - they will all lie.

43 posted on 01/27/2016 8:12:20 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: Sasparilla
You're joking, right? If there was video backing up the LEOs side of the story, it would have been shown at the press conference today. Any video we might see from here on out will have been doctored.

It's like taqiyya to Muslims...it's their duty to lie to further their cause. You can't believe a word any LEO says about the situation, either on US 395 yesterday, or the alleged threats being made in Burns. It's all a friggin' lie!

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

44 posted on 01/27/2016 8:13:10 PM PST by wku man (If not now, when?)
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To: Sasparilla

I had another cynical thought- we now have had 3 presidents that have fed cops killing citizens- there will be no repercussions from this one either.

Just another dead citizen -


45 posted on 01/27/2016 8:15:39 PM PST by Nailbiter
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To: amorphous

To the regime, some folks are more equal than others..


46 posted on 01/27/2016 8:20:34 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: dynoman
Going home would have been a good choice, instead of all the bad ones that ended with him getting killed.

If ALL Americans took your coward's advice, and just went home, there soon wouldn't be an America to go home to.

Mr. Finicum died living the life he loved, and fighting for the America he believed in. Like thousands of American heroes before him, who also did not go home in the face of adversity, he courageously fought what he considered the good fight until the bitter end.


47 posted on 01/27/2016 8:36:48 PM PST by amorphous
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To: dynoman

McConnell was not a witness to the shooting. End of that story. However there were witnesses. So maybe we learn what happened, maybe not.


48 posted on 01/27/2016 8:37:23 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: amorphous

Robert “LaVoy” Finicum shot and killed while charging police, driver says
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3389558/posts


49 posted on 01/27/2016 8:37:47 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: amorphous

we all need dash cam pros to fight these assholes.


50 posted on 01/27/2016 8:39:06 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: jwalsh07

Yes other witnesses told McConnell what happened. That’s what he said in the video anyway.

McConnell saw LaVoy take off - saw the wheels spinning when LaVoy jumped out.


51 posted on 01/27/2016 8:39:37 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: dynoman

McConnell stated, not hinted, that he did NOT witness the shooting. Anything he has to say on it is hearsay. There are witnesses. One says he had his hands up when he was shot and then shot three more times when he hit the ground. I don’t know if that witness is reliable or not but if her story is corroborated by anybody else some bad juju went down. I will wait on that.


52 posted on 01/27/2016 8:45:21 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: amorphous

That family photograph is part of the reason I believe Mr. Finicum did NOT initiate a gunfight with police.
The hazy account we are hearing so far does not pass the "sniff test" in my estimation.
He was a strong man and devoted man with a backbone who stood for his rights. I do not believe he was recklessly violent.


53 posted on 01/27/2016 8:46:08 PM PST by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: dynoman

So he asked for it? Is that what you’re saying?


54 posted on 01/27/2016 8:50:06 PM PST by mumblypeg (Reality is even more complex than the internet.)
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To: mumblypeg

What happened is a consequences of a series of choices he made. Different choices would have has a different outcome.


55 posted on 01/27/2016 8:56:06 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: mumblypeg

Robert “LaVoy” Finicum shot and killed while charging police, driver says
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3389558/posts


56 posted on 01/27/2016 8:56:51 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: amorphous

“If all Americans took your coward’s advice, and just went home, there soon wouldn’t be an America to go home to.”

BOOM! Well said, sir!


57 posted on 01/27/2016 8:57:36 PM PST by mumblypeg (Reality is even more complicated than the internet.)
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To: amorphous

And Hillary continues to walk free. :-(


58 posted on 01/27/2016 9:58:51 PM PST by Cololeo
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To: dynoman
You just don't get it.

Please step to the line to the left...

59 posted on 01/28/2016 12:26:49 AM PST by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: dynoman
Yeah, he could have said they're just trying to destroy some other rancher's life, not mine, not my concern.

Who's going to speak for you when they come knocking at your door?

60 posted on 01/28/2016 12:35:28 AM PST by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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