Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #3That LaVoy and the Bundys were bent on aggression is given the lie by the fact that in his vehicle there were 2 women, one of them a teenager.
This whole situation stinks.
Yup
The authorities knew where Finicum was every minute. If they wanted to arrest Finidum they had multiple chances when he went into town to work on negotiating a peaceful surrender.
I might have more faith in the government's story if the film if it had better resolution and sound.
How come Cox's consumer cell produced a clearer video that the government's . The government for years had had the capacity to read your license plate from a satellite and that fuzzy video is the best they can produce ???. Right and I have this bridge for sale.
On a related note:
Grant County sheriff accused of helping refuge occupiers By Bob Heye, KATU News Saturday, February 20th 2016
PORTLAND, Ore. —
Grant County's sheriff is under state investigation after complaints about his conduct during the standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
There were apparently concerns Sheriff Glenn Palmer might have been passing information to the occupiers during the standoff.
He was apparently kept out of the loop about plans for the traffic stop that led to the arrest of Ammon Bundy and several others, and the shooting death of LaVoy Finicum.
Now Palmer is facing more than half a dozen complaints - some from law enforcement agencies - about his actions during the standoff.
Palmer is outspoken about gun rights and is sympathetic to anti-government protesters. The sheriff's office even posted a video clip featuring Palmer on its website.
"People are tired of the oppression from their government," he says in the video. "And at some point it's got to stop or we're gonna have problems."
But complaints, including one from the John Day 911 center and John Day's chief of police to Oregon's Department of Public Safety Standards and Training claim Palmer stepped over the line during the refuge standoff, helping keep the militia informed of law enforcement efforts to end the occupation.