NEWS FROM MY HOME STATE OF OREGON. The investigation into the shooting death of Robert Finicum is complete. Oregon state police were justified in gunning down a man who fled police & reached for a 9 millimeter gun inside his coat. 3 bullets entered Finicum's body which were shot by state police. An FBI agent unloaded his gun, but hit the truck Finicum was driving. That agent lied about firing his weapon & 4 other FBI agents helped cover-up that lie. There will be a separate investigation into what that agent did.
Robert Finicum was the spokesman for the anti-government militia who took over the Mahleur National Wildlife Refuge at Burns, Oregon. He didn't want to surrender to state police when he traveled to John Day, for a meeting. He was blocked on a highway in both directions. He almost hit an FBI agent when he crashed his truck into a snow bank. He got out & was seen on video reaching for a gun inside his coat pocket. That's when state police shot him 3 times.
His followers & family have claimed "an ambush", "a murder" & now "an assassination." Yet, throughout the armed take over of that refuge. He was photographed carrying rifles & was willing to die fighting for a cause that was going nowhere. His family say he was shot 9 times, but didn't reveal their own private autopsy. 25 of the militia were arrested crossing several U.S. states & if convicted, they will spend 6 years in prison on just 1 federal count.
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(Robert Finicum during standoff)
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