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struggle4progress

(118,212 posts) Fri Mar 11, 2016, 10:00 PM Mar 2016

Fearing Finicum would shoot colleague, troopers opened fire

ASSOCIATED PRESS FRIDAY, MARCH 11TH 2016

... Transcripts of interviews with the troopers are contained in 360 pages of documents released Thursday by Oregon law authorities from their investigation into the Jan. 26 death of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum.

The two troopers said they believed Finicum was reaching for a gun inside his jacket pocket and that he was about to shoot a colleague of the officers about 15 feet from Finicum.

Both troopers said Finicum repeatedly reached into his jacket while refusing to surrender.

Investigators say a loaded pistol was found inside Finicum's jacket pocket after his death ...

http://kboi2.com/news/local/released-documents-fear-finicum-would-shoot-colleague-troopers-opened-fire

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Fearing Finicum would shoot colleague, troopers opened fire (Original Post) struggle4progress Mar 2016 OP

Rule #1: if you are known to be armed and are against police, don't reach into your pocket. longship Mar 2016 #1

longship

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1. Rule #1: if you are known to be armed and are against police, don't reach into your pocket.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Mar 11, 2016, 11:09 PM

Mar 2016

Rule #2: Especially don't do it while saying "you're going to have to shoot me."

Sadly his wish was granted.

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