LaVoy Finicum, armed with a handgun, reached for his waistband just before he was shot

[bucs90]

Finicum was a criminal suspect subject to lawful arrest - he resisted arrest by threatening law enforcement officers and suffered the consequences accordingly.

Yes. That's basically how 99.9% of police shootings go.

Glad you lefties are starting to see this.

 

[ABikerSailor]

MSNBC had interviewed this guy early in the occupation, he was sitting under a tarp with a gun on his lap, and he even stated that he was ready to die, he'd rather be shot than spend time in prison.

Guess he got what he was looking for. Now watch the conservatives try to portray this idiot as a martyr.

 

[bucs90]

If an Occubagger had been gunned down by a cop, guarantee you some homes and businesses would be looted and burned down by now.

An unarmed Occupy protester who has not stolen land from the public and who presented no threat to police? Yeah I'd be pretty mad about that.

So would we. But that hasn't happened.

He was confronted by a cop and went for a gun. Got shot down like a criminal would. No different than any others.

What's your point?

Yes it's very obvious it was justified.

Um....yes. Like almost every police shooting....it's obviously justified. You libs are learning. Good.

This one is beyond doubt. Which is why only a tiny amount of people are angry about it.

Yes. Almost all are beyond doubt. Which is why there is NOT a national epidemic of unlawful shootings by cops like you libs suggest.

 

[TheOldSchool]

An unarmed Occupy protester who has not stolen land from the public and who presented no threat to police? Yeah I'd be pretty mad about that.

So would we. But that hasn't happened.

He was confronted by a cop and went for a gun. Got shot down like a criminal would. No different than any others.

What's your point?

Yes it's very obvious it was justified.

Um....yes. Like almost every police shooting....it's obviously justified. You libs are learning. Good.

This one is beyond doubt. Which is why only a tiny amount of people are angry about it.

Yes. Almost all are beyond doubt. Which is why there is NOT a national epidemic of unlawful shootings by cops like you libs suggest.

Too many are most certainly not beyond doubt.

 

[PredFan]

The man saw injustice and he stood up to tyranny. He gave his life for freedom and against oppression. He is a hero.
RIP

 

[bucs90]

So would we. But that hasn't happened.

He was confronted by a cop and went for a gun. Got shot down like a criminal would. No different than any others.

What's your point?

Yes it's very obvious it was justified.

Um....yes. Like almost every police shooting....it's obviously justified. You libs are learning. Good.

This one is beyond doubt. Which is why only a tiny amount of people are angry about it.

Yes. Almost all are beyond doubt. Which is why there is NOT a national epidemic of unlawful shootings by cops like you libs suggest.

Too many are most certainly not beyond doubt.

Define "too many". Because out of 1000....you may say 2 is too many. And in theory yes...even 1 is too many. But the very nature of the job and realities of the numbers means a few are going to be questionable and some even outright criminal.

Saying "even 1 is too many"??? Ok. Sure. That's a theoretically correct point but not practical.

1,000,000 cops policing 350,000,000 people. 2.8 billion hours worked collectively. 14 million arrests. 1000 or so shootings.

I'd say if 50 or fewer are "questionable" then that's a number we can live with and deal with those 50 as the attorney generals of each state see fit.

 

[Vandalshandle]

.....looks like his Clint Eastwood act didn't end well....

 

[ABikerSailor]

The man saw injustice and he stood up to tyranny. He gave his life for freedom and against oppression. He is a hero.
RIP

Let the martyrdom begin.......................

 

[TheOldSchool]

Yes it's very obvious it was justified.

Um....yes. Like almost every police shooting....it's obviously justified. You libs are learning. Good.

This one is beyond doubt. Which is why only a tiny amount of people are angry about it.

Yes. Almost all are beyond doubt. Which is why there is NOT a national epidemic of unlawful shootings by cops like you libs suggest.

Too many are most certainly not beyond doubt.

Define "too many". Because out of 1000....you may say 2 is too many. And in theory yes...even 1 is too many. But the very nature of the job and realities of the numbers means a few are going to be questionable and some even outright criminal.

Saying "even 1 is too many"??? Ok. Sure. That's a theoretically correct point but not practical.

1,000,000 cops policing 350,000,000 people. 2.8 billion hours worked collectively. 14 million arrests. 1000 or so shootings.

I'd say if 50 or fewer are "questionable" then that's a number we can live with and deal with those 50 as the attorney generals of each state see fit.

I'm sure the families of people killed by police when they royally fuck up will be very comforted to hear that.

 

[2aguy]

Will progressives go on anti-cop protests?

Will you call Finnicum a thug and demand white people apologize for him?

We won't burn Portland over it.

Duh. Because there is no doubt that Finnicum was guilty. And he's on tape saying he'd rather be killed than arrested so police knew what they were up against.

And the ferguson kid was guilty too...and they burnt that city down twice....

 

[bucs90]

Um....yes. Like almost every police shooting....it's obviously justified. You libs are learning. Good.

This one is beyond doubt. Which is why only a tiny amount of people are angry about it.

Yes. Almost all are beyond doubt. Which is why there is NOT a national epidemic of unlawful shootings by cops like you libs suggest.

Too many are most certainly not beyond doubt.

Define "too many". Because out of 1000....you may say 2 is too many. And in theory yes...even 1 is too many. But the very nature of the job and realities of the numbers means a few are going to be questionable and some even outright criminal.

Saying "even 1 is too many"??? Ok. Sure. That's a theoretically correct point but not practical.

1,000,000 cops policing 350,000,000 people. 2.8 billion hours worked collectively. 14 million arrests. 1000 or so shootings.

I'd say if 50 or fewer are "questionable" then that's a number we can live with and deal with those 50 as the attorney generals of each state see fit.

I'm sure the families of people killed by police when they royally fuck up will be very comforted to hear that.

No they wont. Of course they wont. But what if the cops instead hesitate and don't defend themselves as swiftly or as convincingly......and more cops start dying. They have families too.

See....THAT IS the ugly reality of police work. Sometimes....people resist and it gets violent. And the offender and the cop both have a family who loves them and both want to survive (except suicide by cop).

So....inevitably someone's family is gonna be devastated. Cops dont want to it to be theirs.

 

[Coyote]

It's funny how when unarmed protesters occupied Wall Street they were called "bums", but when armed protestors occupied a wildlife refuge - they're "patriots"

 

[JimBowie1958]

Report: LaVoy Finicum, armed with a handgun, reached for his waistband just before he was shot

Knew it was something like that, the stupid ass.

 

[JimBowie1958]

It's funny how when unarmed protesters occupied Wall Street they were called "bums", but when armed protestors occupied a wildlife refuge - they're "patriots"

Yeah, its kind of like Occupy Wall Street being 'protesters' and militia being 'terrorists'.

 

[bodecea]

Finicum was a criminal suspect subject to lawful arrest - he resisted arrest by threatening law enforcement officers and suffered the consequences accordingly.

Yes. That's basically how 99.9% of police shootings go.

Glad you lefties are starting to see this.

And that's pretty much how many shootings have not been protested over the years.

 

[Old Rocks]

The man saw injustice and he stood up to tyranny. He gave his life for freedom and against oppression. He is a hero.
RIP

LOL You cocksucks are still searching for your Horst Wessel.

 

[JimBowie1958]

The man saw injustice and he stood up to tyranny. He gave his life for freedom and against oppression. He is a hero.
RIP

LOL You cocksucks are still searching for your Horst Wessel.

We have our Horst Wessel, dude. Millions of them.

They are called 'Unemployed Veterans', and we are legion.

 

[Godboy]

It's funny how when unarmed protesters occupied Wall Street they were called "bums"

They werent called that by democrats. You guys called them "patriots", despite all the rapes and assaults being committed by them.

 

[jon_berzerk]

wrong hand he was left handed

if you review the footage

it appears

he had his hands up

when he was first shot in the gut

he reached for the spot where he was hit

then the other cop just mowed him down

for now that is just the way it looks

witnesses say the cops shot him in cold blood and was not armed

we will see what the cop cams and car cams have to show

where is your hands up dont shoot mentality now

 

[jon_berzerk]