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FBI’s Video Proves LaVoy Finicum’s Hands Were In The Air Almost Immediately, and Strongly Suggests He Didn’t Rush an Officer
TND Exclusive: Eric Dubin
Everyone and their dog will be “armchair quarterbacking” this FBI video. I’m not going to offer extensive analysis. But there are a few basic facts that need to be underscored.
The FBI set-up a roadblock at a relatively short distance following a curve in the rural road. After the initial, full stop, as was described in the audio witness testimony (click here) provided by Victoria Sharp, Finicum starts driving again and is forced to turn the vehicle into a snow embankment to avoid running into the roadblock (and maybe, even the officer that is seen in the video moving towards Finicum’s vehicle). It appears that Finicum puts his hands in the air almost immediately upon exiting the vehicle, and that he moves slightly away from the officers rather than having rushed them, as some have claimed.
The video you see below was posted to the official FBI YouTube channel by the FBI. It was posted today, Jan. 28. The YouTube clip with the audio testimony of the young woman was posted on Jan. 27. In my opinion, this official FBI video presents a high degree of corroboration and match with key points described by Victoria Sharp. I have set the video to start at the 8 minute mark, after the vehicle has come to an initial stop. You can manually move the video to start at an earlier point.
Source: Official FBI YouTube Channel.
In law enforcement, there is a well established and necessary concept known as the “Tueller Drill.” Sergeant Dennis Tueller attempted to answer the question, how much distance is required between a potential attacker and an officer such that the officer can successfully stop an attacker. Tueller’s original construct was 21 feet and a knife wielding attacker. The 21 feet concept has since been extended because a potential assailant with a gun can draw and shoot faster than the time it takes a knife wielding attacker to transverse 21 feet. But you get the idea.
There will be considerable debate about the distance and justification for the use of deadly force. Already, there has been considerable debate about whether or not Finicum could have had enough time to reach into a pocket or some other concealed area for a handgun. Clearly, Finicum’s hands go up in the air almost immediately upon his exit from the vehicle – and they stay there for a good number of seconds. His hands do appear to come down again for a brief period, but the video strongly suggests he was not sending aggressive signals even if he was making statements to the effect of resigning himself (taunting?) to the likelihood that the officers were going to shoot him.
Source: http://thenewsdoctors.com/fbis-video-proves-lavoy-finicums-hands-were-in-the-air-almost-immediately-and-strongly-suggests-he-didnt-rush-an-officer/
He asked to get shot, he lowered his hands and looked like he was going for something. As a cop, you would have to be retarded not to shoot. As a cop, if you stand around saying, “is it a gun? Is it a phone? Is it one of those dildos”? Then, YOU are going to get shot pretty quick.
I can’t fault the cops on this one.
Wow Shill,
You’ve been active lately…
When his hands came down he had already been shot by the cop that came out of the woods.
I believe his hands go down in response to the percussives the Feds admit to using. This is why we need audio to find out what was really going on. Between officers yelling to drop your weapon and thinking his friends were being shot at…of course his hands go down briefly. Then go back up and looks like he is shot and he reaches with other hand across body. Not threatening. Then looks like he tries for gun once more with dominant hand and is shot again. Feds say the percussives were deployed after. The lady that was in the car said they were using them the whole time. Need to establish the truth with audio. You know the Feds have it…besides, why use percussives that sound an awful lot like gunfire around people that have been labeled as dangerous gun tottering militia from the beginning?
With Waco and Ruby Ridge behind them, the FBI loses its right to offer a rebuttal.
I saw the Linda Thompson Waco tapes and how the structure there was pumped full of flammable CS gas and ignited with a mortar shell. I saw how you broke chiminies thru the first and second floor with tanks so the flames would rapidly spread.
This is the testimony that counts.
http://libertynews.com/2016/01/gut-wrenching-eye-witness-claims-in-detailed-interview-that-oregonstandoff-protestor-robert-lavoy-finicum-was-executed-by-fbi-video/
And how many bullets did they put in him when he was down? That gave away your intentions to murder him in cold blood.
The FBI is guilty as charged! Case closed