Just over 246 years ago, on March 5, 1770, eight British Soldiers
shot and killed four colonists. They and their Captain stood trial,
even though they were the property of the King. All stood trial, even
though only two were found guilty of manslaughter. The people, in a
jury trial, determined who was innocent, and who was not. That is the
judicial system we were supposed to have inherited from our British
ancestors.
The Revolutionary War may have started even earlier, had
not these simple rules of justice been applied — had the King decided
that his forces would be judged by the King, or his appointee, rather
than by the people.
An overview of the events that led to the murder of LaVoy Finicum was presented in a previous article, “
Ambush“. However, as a result of a
press conference given in Bend, Oregon, on March 8, 2016,
we have more detail to fill in some gaps in that previous article. It
is worthy of note that the detail is provided by Shawna Cox, one of the
victims (
Shawna Cox’s video synchronized with aerial footage, complete). This article will address primarily the information given out at that press conference.
As we continue, you will note the extent of preparation for the
event that was planned, probably as much as a week before the date of
execution.
The Press Conference begins, after showing synchronized footage from
Shawna Cox’s camera and the previously shown aerial footage. The only
words spoken in the first 3 minutes are those of LaVoy Finicum, Shawna
Cox, Victoria Sharp, and Ryan Bundy. LaVoy says, at least 7 times, five
of them loudly and directed at the then unidentified armed,
battle-geared, agents who have taken Mark McConnell, Brian Cavalier,
Ammon Bundy, and Ryan Payne, captive. He says that he is going to go to
John Day to meet the Sheriff.
As explained in “
Ambush“,
Mark McConnell was told that these thugs were FBI-HRT (Hostage Rescue
Team – who have yet to rescue any hostage, though have killed a number
of people who were neither hostages or hostage takers), while in
response to LaVoy’s query, they are Oregon State Police (OSP).
