Police Shooting the OR White Terrorist was totally justified and here is why,

it seems the group of idiots who illegally occupied federal land are nearing the end of their reign. Last week, federal agents began arresting some occupiers while others absconded. The situation crescendoed  January 26th while Bundy & Co were heading to a local community meeting in two vehicles. One of the vehicles was stopped without incident however the other, driven by Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, took off.

While I’m certainly not an expert on law enforcement, I have a few personal friends who are officers. They want to protect the general public, but also want to return to their families safely at  the end of the day. Basically, if you don’t cooperate with law enforcement, you’re gonna have a bad time.

Mr. Finicum, in his infinite wisdom, chose to not cooperate with arresting officers. Instead, Finicum fled in a vehicle with three other passengers. Unbeknownst to Finicum, law enforcement setup a roadblock approximately a mile away. As Finicum approached the roadblock, he failed to slow down. Instead, drawing on the same poor decision-making process from earlier, he tried to execute some sort of weird chicane that resulted in his truck becoming part of the snowbank. Finicum almost immediately exited the vehicle with his hands raised.

Let’s take this opportunity to pause and look back on what Mr. Finicum previously said:

I’m just not going to prison,” Finicum said. “Look at the stars. There’s no way I’m going to sit in a concrete cell where I can’t see the stars and roll out my bedroll on the ground. That’s just not going to happen. I want to be able to get up in the morning and throw my saddle on my horse and go check on my cows. It’s OK. I’ve lived a good life. God’s been gracious to me.

So what Finicum basically says is that he is unwilling to be taken alive, indicating he’s happy to be a martyr for his cause (What was that again? The Bundy family not wanting to pay the US government the $1,000,000 they owe? Seems hypocritical, no?).

http://modernliberals.com/the-shooting-for-lavoy-finicum-was-entirely-justified-heres-why/

One can safely assume law enforcement was briefed on this situation prior to responding, so they were aware of Finicum’s statements.

In the video below, Finicum nearly runs over an officer, then gets stuck in a snow bank. Finicum immediately exits the vehicle, and extends his hands to indicate he is surrendering. However, Finicum reaches into his pocket not once, but twice. The few law enforcement officers around Finicum can’t be certain what Finicum is doing. Additionally, they are also monitoring the other three individuals in the vehicle, who have not exited.

The second time Finicum reaches into his pocket, he is fatally shot. Later, it is learned that Finicum had a 9mm handgun in the pocket he was reaching for.

It is astounding that he was able to reach into his pocket not once, but twice. The officers involved put themselves at considerable risk in delaying shooting LaVoy given that he, and the occupants of the vehicle, were all armed. Additionally, LaVoy almost ran over and killed a federal agent before exiting the vehicle.