by Sam Culper
It’s been a very long 36 hours since yesterday’s events began unfolding. Avoidable tragedy struck Tuesday afternoon when LaVoy Finicum was shot and killed. Since then, there have been at least four different accounts of what happened. We’ve seen wild and inaccurate speculation about what’s going on at the Refuge, which has been contradictory to on the ground reporting.
In these times, we need to focus on discerning facts from opinions, and separate what’s more likely to be true from what’s less likely to be true through a structured process. What follows is my personal account of following the situation, including talks with sources on the ground and on conference calls with Sergeant Major Joseph Santoro (U.S.A., Ret.), Stewart Rhodes, State Representative Matthew Shea (R-WA), Jason Van Tatenhove, and others.
Here’s what we know.
– Just before 5:00 pm local on Tuesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Oregon State Police (OSP) made a felony stop on two vehicles carrying Ammon Bundy and six other individuals headed to a community meeting in John Day, Oregon, in neighboring Grant County. During the stop, which occurred on land that the federal government controls just inside the Malheur National Forest, law enforcement personnel fired shots, wounding Ryan Payne and killing LaVoy Finicum. Here’s a breakdown of the four known accounts.
- Ammon Bundy allegedly called his wife to tell her that LaVoy Finicum was unarmed and had his hands up when shot and killed. Ammon received this account second-hand and was passing on what he was told. We know that the altercation with LaVoy occurred outside the line of sight of Ammon Bundy.
This man was murdered in cold blood and cold blood alone, the FBI agents and there superior who instructed them to murder this man must be brought up on charges of murder and we wont rest until the lawless agency is brought to justice. we are sick of this onbimnated agency and it communist antics.
Contrast this with how the thugs and looters were treated in Ferguson.
I thought it was Ryan Bundy who was shot, not Ryan Payne. It is said that Ryan Payne jumped out of the car, and was not shot at. (which doesn’t surprise me) Also, Blaine Cooper took off in the middle of the night, no charges for him. Jon Ritzheimer was not there, but in Arizona, imagine that? But he did turn himself in. The three I mentioned sure seem mighty fishy to me.
Here is an interesting read….
http://www.freecapitalist.com/2016/01/27/the-ambush-and-murder-of-robert-lavoy-finicum/