- Aug 4, 2011
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LaVoy Finicum was murdered by state and federal agents about 18 months ago, as he was leaving Harney County on his way to Grant County in Oregon. He was in a car full of friends which included two women..one an 18 year old singer who had just caught a ride as she was scheduled to sing at the community meeting they were scheduled to attend in John Day.
Finicum and others had set up camp at the Malheur bird refuge in protest of the persecution, harassment and imprisonment of ranchers and rural land owners, specifically, the Hammonds of Harney county, who are currently serving 5 years of a sentence that was leveled against them after they had ALREADY SERVED THE IMPOSED SENTENCE, at the behest of a prosecutor who was subsequently prosecuted herself and an activist judge.
A lot was made of the protest, because the ranchers and supporters who participated in this particular protest happened to be armed and had stated their intent to protect themselves from the illegal and violent actions of government agents who might bring arms against them. Their protest was a peaceful one, and they were never ordered to leave. They drove freely around the town and the county, people came and went. Then finally, the principals loaded up and vacated the refuge. They were not intending to return, their protest had run it's course.
Famously, two road blocks were set up to prevent Finicum and others from leaving the county, and the car that Finicum and the others were in was peppered with bullets upon approach to the first roadblock. Finicum stopped briefly but as he became aware that they were being shot at, he sped away from the trap, and into another. At that point, the car was still taking bullets, and to draw fire away from the women in the car, he exited and was gunned down almost immediately.
Within days it was revealed that the five state agents involved in the shooting lied about how many shots were fired, and who shot them. More recently, it has been revealed, that not only did they lie..the feds lied too, as it has been discovered that at least one FBI agent shot the car as well.
Bullet hole on LaVoy Finicum’s truck traced to elite FBI team – The Shasta Lantern
Finicum and others had set up camp at the Malheur bird refuge in protest of the persecution, harassment and imprisonment of ranchers and rural land owners, specifically, the Hammonds of Harney county, who are currently serving 5 years of a sentence that was leveled against them after they had ALREADY SERVED THE IMPOSED SENTENCE, at the behest of a prosecutor who was subsequently prosecuted herself and an activist judge.
A lot was made of the protest, because the ranchers and supporters who participated in this particular protest happened to be armed and had stated their intent to protect themselves from the illegal and violent actions of government agents who might bring arms against them. Their protest was a peaceful one, and they were never ordered to leave. They drove freely around the town and the county, people came and went. Then finally, the principals loaded up and vacated the refuge. They were not intending to return, their protest had run it's course.
Famously, two road blocks were set up to prevent Finicum and others from leaving the county, and the car that Finicum and the others were in was peppered with bullets upon approach to the first roadblock. Finicum stopped briefly but as he became aware that they were being shot at, he sped away from the trap, and into another. At that point, the car was still taking bullets, and to draw fire away from the women in the car, he exited and was gunned down almost immediately.
Within days it was revealed that the five state agents involved in the shooting lied about how many shots were fired, and who shot them. More recently, it has been revealed, that not only did they lie..the feds lied too, as it has been discovered that at least one FBI agent shot the car as well.
Bullet hole on LaVoy Finicum’s truck traced to elite FBI team – The Shasta Lantern