The case of LaVoy Finicum, the rancher who was gunned down in Oregon last year, may have disappeared from the main stream press, but you can be sure that it is still a hot topic in rural America where they see it as a clear cut case of murder by government authorities. The situation embarrassed local and federal authorities as farmers and ranchers continued their protest against government overreach and land theft, which was carried in national newspapers for weeks on end.
The end result was that Finicum, one of the leaders in the debacle, advised officials that he was going to the next town to meet with the sheriff there. County sheriffs have tremendous jurisdiction over the area that they oversee, and that would have been a problem for law enforcement and the FBI Hostage Rescue Team which was on site. Enroute to the meeting, Finicums truck was forced off the road into a snow bank, Finicum got out of the truck with hands raised, then tried to approach officers with his hands held wide, but was gunned down in cold blood there in the snow. There is both helicopter footage as well as a cell phone record of the incident, and it is causing some major concerns among law enforcement and the FBI.
FBI implicated in murder of Finicum, page 2:
still trying to find out Why the Federal government is now talking about making 500 Million acres around Malheur a ‘national monument’ – Nothing there but grazing land – maybe it’s the same kind of ‘grazing land’ that’s in Nevada
May have? He didn’t look like there was much doubt to it
If Congress will defund the Bureau of Land Management, things like this won’t happen. This reminds me of some old western where the bad guy is trying to steal someone’s land for their own evil purposes, but the good guy outwits the bad guys. The good guy gets his land back. So what we need is a good guy to get rid of the BLM. In this case, looks like the FBI is also the bad guy. Congress needs to act. Congress needs to be the good guy in the white hat.
And we’re surprised why?
cold blooded murder
OMG your saying the FBI did wrong that cant be.. comey is a stand up guy just ask,,,hillary..bill ..obama..lynch.. the DOJ
Emerge, this was obviously a murder. for profit…question- who profitted?
Now imagine what thay will do to Indian people, we need to help fight big business and special interests, more eyes the better watching.
DUH ! Who would have thought,The FBI!
may have?