Post by Logan on Jan 28, 2016 2:15:46 GMT -6
More violence feared as some militants refuse to leave Oregon refuge
BURNS, Ore. — Among the militant leaders who laid claim to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Robert “LaVoy” Finicum had emerged as a folksy spokesman for their cause.
His frequent interviews with reporters could shift from talking longingly about his family to defiant declarations of his loyalty to the armed occupation that sought to gain local control for federal lands.
“I don’t want to die,” the Arizona rancher told Oregon Public Broadcasting Company in a recent interview. “ I have children and grandchildren. I want to go home. I want to ride and take care of my cows and spend time with my kids and wife. But I certainly love freedom, and if freedom is more valuable than life, do we really deserve it?”
Finicum, 55, was shot and killed Tuesday when law-enforcement officials sought to pull his vehicle and a second one over on an eastern Oregon highway north of here. Occupation leader Ammon Bundy and four other people were arrested. Two other protesters were arrested in Burns and another in Arizona.
Read more: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/more-violence-feared-as-militants-refuse-to-leave-oregon-refuge/
BURNS, Ore. — Among the militant leaders who laid claim to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Robert “LaVoy” Finicum had emerged as a folksy spokesman for their cause.
His frequent interviews with reporters could shift from talking longingly about his family to defiant declarations of his loyalty to the armed occupation that sought to gain local control for federal lands.
“I don’t want to die,” the Arizona rancher told Oregon Public Broadcasting Company in a recent interview. “ I have children and grandchildren. I want to go home. I want to ride and take care of my cows and spend time with my kids and wife. But I certainly love freedom, and if freedom is more valuable than life, do we really deserve it?”
Finicum, 55, was shot and killed Tuesday when law-enforcement officials sought to pull his vehicle and a second one over on an eastern Oregon highway north of here. Occupation leader Ammon Bundy and four other people were arrested. Two other protesters were arrested in Burns and another in Arizona.
Read more: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/more-violence-feared-as-militants-refuse-to-leave-oregon-refuge/
