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In reply to the discussion: Robert 'LaVoy' Finicum shot and killed while charging police, driver says [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)42. Well, as long as you don't actually attack anyone or appear to threaten them,
you should be okay, able to say whatever you want. White or not, don't assume you can challenge local cops safely, tho. That would be the wrong lesson to take from this.
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Robert 'LaVoy' Finicum shot and killed while charging police, driver says [View all]
L. Coyote
Jan 2016
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Yes, that's the guy. All others who were in the two cars surrendered and were taken to Portland.
OregonBlue
Jan 2016
#3
#BlueTarpMan was one of the two drivers, he charged the police with his vehicle.
L. Coyote
Jan 2016
#5
he told MSNBC that he had changed his mind and wasn't going to provoke a shoot out. Apparently, the
roguevalley
Jan 2016
#25
"Suicide by cop" doesn't sound nearly as noble as "Died in a blaze of glory," does it?
Hekate
Jan 2016
#11
Didn't he loose everything pretty much prior to that? His Foster kids, income and
glinda
Jan 2016
#39
KGW News: "The vehicle hit a snowbank and Finicum jumped out "brandishing a firearm." ..."
L. Coyote
Jan 2016
#10
the country they're in is so beautiful. I love that neck of the woods, high desert. This is all so
roguevalley
Jan 2016
#26
LE News Releases Establishment of Checkpoints - Update on Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Situation
L. Coyote
Jan 2016
#13
My aunt was born there and had a ranch in Bly until she passed. Her son has it. Many is the
roguevalley
Jan 2016
#27
#BundyTerrorists toting rifles in live stream at Malheur saying Feds will make it a "bloodbath"
L. Coyote
Jan 2016
#19
I was thinking potato chip and beer while reading that post above . Hey either way something
Person 2713
Jan 2016
#41
FBI says presser on #Oregonstandoff has been pushed back to 11 a.m. Porta-Potty on the move.
L. Coyote
Jan 2016
#23
For 35 years I have had to live under these government hating street thugs . Reagan started the
geretogo
Jan 2016
#32
Well, as long as you don't actually attack anyone or appear to threaten them,
Hortensis
Jan 2016
#42
Could it be that "white privilege" is not quite as protective in this kind of situation
Nye Bevan
Jan 2016
#34
Actually, this is a right wing militia matter started by Mormon theology
passiveporcupine
Jan 2016
#82
Who said white privilege prevents all Caucasian deaths regardless of cause or reason?
LanternWaste
Jan 2016
#80
It is important that the DHS investigate the people involved in the Oregon stand-off: N.B., ...
xocet
Jan 2016
#43
I have no idea. McVeigh had only a few conspirators, though. It would not be wrong to be careful.
xocet
Jan 2016
#47
Bizarre. Clearly, they are completely nuts. I'm just not confident that all the nuts made it to...
xocet
Jan 2016
#51
He was also-dig this- a therapeutic foster parent with Catholic Charities Community Services
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2016
#55
Fo$ter kids he used as free ranch hands no doubt. . 50 total with the family all boys
Person 2713
Jan 2016
#57
If that is the blonde in the mugshot, she looks like she has lead a hard life
Person 2713
Jan 2016
#58
No, she was released after questioning, isn't a subject of the initial complaint.
L. Coyote
Jan 2016
#66
The Tea Baggers -> The Tea Party -> The TrEAson Party -> ?????? What's next in the sequence? n/t
xocet
Jan 2016
#60
#LeVoyFinicum was shot reaching for a #gun, Oregon officials are discussing releasing the video:
L. Coyote
Jan 2016
#72
OPB's Amelia Templeton met LaVoy Finicum numerous times. Now she's at his funeral. LISTEN.
L. Coyote
Feb 2016
#86