Finicum's last moments echo earlier provocations

[struggle4progress]

By Elliot Njus | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on March 11, 2016 at 5:00 AM
updated March 11, 2016 at 1:08 PM

... his last words to police before a crackle of gunfire drops him to the ground: "Go ahead and shoot me! You're going to have to shoot me!" ...

... He spent .. months soliciting support from neighbors and local officials, saying federal officials were scouting his ranch in preparation for an armed confrontation. He sought assistance from antigovernment militant groups ...

Finicum painted an even more vivid tableau of confrontation in a book that he self-published ... In rural Utah, the government targets ranchers and farmers seeking to control the food supply. The cowboy .. racks up a significant body count fighting raiders and federal agents, and he executes a mayor ... The protagonist is shot in a gunfight with federal agents during the novel's final pages ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/03/lavoy_finicums_final_moments_e.html

[KT2000]

1. off the deep end

this is what I wonder about those saturated in their hate. I have seen it end in strokes and heart attacks but for some when there is nowhere else to go, suicide by cop seems to be the answer.