“You might want to rethink all that. Based on evidence so far, the occupants of the truck never fired a single shot. But the feds/LEOs emptied dozens of round at them.”
They didn’t have to fire a shot. They were known to be armed and did fundamentally the same thing Michael Brown did in Ferguson, with a similar outcome.
This isn’t rocket science. If you put yourself in a life-or-death confrontation against guys who actually know what they’re going, you’re going to lose.
They didn't have to fire a shot. They were known to be armed
Ya, the feds got the kiddies public government schools running in panic when they see pictures of guns. No doubt.
So you think this is a perfectly legitimate shoot, because they believed they were possibly armed at the time. Go it!
Excuse me, but exactly how is anything “fundamentally the same thing Michael Brown did in Ferguson”? Remind me again of how Finicum punched a LEO and wrestled for a gun and then charged the same LEO, just after assaulting a much smaller man and stealing from him. And while you’re at it, describe to me again how Michael Brown happened onto a roadblock with several LEOS holding drawn weapons (not to mention snipers, overhead aerial assets, etc).
I agree that the outcome was all too predictable, but that doesn’t absolve everyone of the homicide, nor does it mean that rational people should condone it.
Or hear.
Oh, wait - the Feds aren't releasing the audio, so we CAN'T hear, can we?
LOL!
I am in no way saying Finicum is without fault, but the Brown comparison is bogus.
Finicum et al were traveling to a public meeting with a sheriff at a senior center.
Brown had just committed strong arm robbery.
Finicum drove away from a stop after being shot at
Brown punched a cop in the head and then wrestled the cop for his gun
Finicum went off the road at a road block and immediately exited his vehicle with his hands raised
Brown charged at a cop while ignoring orders to stop