"State Rep. Michele Fiore (R-Nevada) and the “Bundy Ranch” Facebook page shared similar accounts of Finicum’s fatal shooting, each claiming the rancher had been shot with his hands up while his friends were arrested.
This claim is similar to the claim out of Ferguson, MO in August 2014 that Michael Brown was shot by police with his hands up. That claim was backed up by several "eye witnesses" to the shooting.
That claim led to days of rioting, arson, and mayhem in that city.
In fact, the phrase ""Hands up, don't shoot" became the rallying cry for arsonists and troublemakers for days afterwards.
Of course, that claim was proven false; Mr. Brown was, in fact, charging the officer when he was shot.
However, the claim that Mr. Lavoy Finicum had his hands up has
already been discredited by an an associate of the "occupiers" of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge:
"There happened to be some arguments between the guys in the truck. Somehow they got Ryan Payne pulled out of the truck, apparently. LaVoy had took off — he ended up hitting a snowbank, I guess, trying to get around the blockade. After he hit that snowbank, he came out of that truck and he charged at the law enforcement (officers) — as I understand it.”
There is unlikely to be rioting in the streets of Burns, Oregon any time soon.
"The truth will set you free"__John 8:32
Ref:
* CNN
* rawstory.com
DonDiego really,
really would've preferred the sumo match to this outcome.
