Grand Jury Transcripts Give New Insight Into Finicum Shooting. Wired for War is a book of its time: this is strategy for the Facebook generation.” —Foreign Affairs “An engrossing picture of a new class of weapon that may revolutionize future wars. . .” —Kirkus Reviews P. W. Singer explores ... Oregon Standoff – Rancher LaVoy Finicum Shot Dead by Police. “To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant's Face addresses an area—the relationship of American political violence to American ideology—that is of growing importance and that is commanding an ever increasing audience, and it does so in a way ... SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — Police tracked a person suspected of murder to the Oregon Coast on Tuesday, sparking a standoff and the fatal shooting of the suspect, police said. Miss Sharp, along with her mother and seven siblings comprise the Sharp Family Singers, a family choir from Kansas that is becoming well-known in patriot circles for singing Gospel, patriotic and country songs at various events. Found insideIn To Protect and Serve, Stamper delivers a revolutionary new model for American law enforcement: the community-based police department. But, he added, "I saw them shooting at each other.". 2012: Harney County ranchers Dwight Hammond Jr. and son Steven are convicted of … "We are grateful to the men and women of the jury who saw through a case that should have never been brought," the lawyers said in a joint statement. No one owned up to the other two. ", Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward, who polices the region where the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is located, said at a news conference Wednesday that "there doesn't have to be bloodshed in our community.". "I don't think it really matters. And there is still the larger issue of the federal government’s strangling grasp on so much of the land and lifeblood of the western states, that is driving hardworking — and otherwise law-abiding — citizens to ruin and desperation. Miss Sharp’s audio account of the shooting has been posted on a number of websites and social media. It's unclear what happened in the moments before the shooting, or if Finicum or any of the other activists involved exchanged gunfire with officers. Authorities refused to release any details about the encounter or even to verify that it was Finicum who was killed. Authorities wouldn't say how many shots were fired. I'm not going to spend my last days in a cell. The FBI agent was charged after telling investigators he did not fire the shots that missed Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, who was killed by state police. Much will be written about LaVoy Finicum in the days and months ahead. Briana Bundy, group leader Ammon Bundy's sister-in-law, said Finicum and others "did everything they asked, and they murdered him." Salvador Hernandez BuzzFeed News Reporter Posted on June 28, 2017, at 5:49 p.m. The New American has been interviewing people who have been involved in various capacities in the standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which began on January 2nd, in protest over the sentencing of Oregon ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond to five years in prison. ET / CBS/AP. Shooting investigation underway in … Finicum said he had neither threatened nor harmed anyone during the occupation. A local sheriff got emotional after the confrontation as he urged the armed activists still occupying the national wildlife preserve in Oregon to move on, saying the standoff "has been tearing our community apart. Another vehicle driven by Mark McConnell included Ammon Bundy (son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy) and Brian Cavalier, both considered leaders of the occupation. FBI Agent Charged in Oregon Standoff Shooting A federal grand jury charged an FBI agent with obstructing justice, claiming he lied to cover up the shots he fired at a truck driven by a spokesman for the Malheur Wildlife Refuge occupiers, just before Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was gunned down by Oregon state police. Found insideA collection of Courtney's columns from the Texas Monthly, curing the curious, exorcizing bedevilment, and orienting the disoriented, advising "on such things as: Is it wrong to wear your football team's jersey to church? Assistant U.S. Attorney Gary Sussman declined comment after the verdict. Found insideMcGuire, The Algiers Motel Incident is a powerful indictment of racism and the US justice system. The 2016 Oregon standoff was over two ranchers convicted of arson on federal lands – despite the fact that the men, a father and son pair named Dwight and Steven Dwight Hammond, did not want their support. The family of a rancher who was shot by law enforcement during the Oregon standoff is calling the shooting death unjustified for a second time, accusing the FBI and Oregon State Police of a cover-up. Finicum seemed to have made up his mind about how his role in the occupation was likely to end -- with his death. A video of the family singing at the Bundy ranch in Nevada during the 2014 standoff with federal authorities can be seen below. Both of these facts, say the McConnell critics, point to one of two probable explanations: Either he is a police informant/agent provocateur who was assigned to infiltrate the occupation, or; he was sufficiently leaned on by prosecutors and FBI, with threats of life imprisonment, if he didn’t “cooperate” — with one of his first tasks being to come out with a statement that would support the official FBI narrative and neutralize the eyewitness testimony of Victoria Sharp. Investigators looking into the shooting were able to identify those responsible for six of the eight rounds fired that day. Found insideThe story – which unfolded for 29 straight days and concluded with an epilogue a week later – traces the recent history of Maine’s Passamaquoddy people and explains how past events continue to affect their lives today. Ammon and Ryan Bundy plus five other occupiers were found not guilty of conspiracy and gun charges in a trial that ended two years ago. Ammon Bundy wrote that he is asking the federal government to allow the people at the refuge to go home without being prosecuted. I love the elements. Oregon State Police fatally shot Finicum seconds later — a killing that was deemed legally justified. In telling the story of one of the longest prison uprisings in U.S. history, in which hundreds of inmates seized a major area of an Ohio correctional facility, this chronicle examines the causes of the disturbance, what happened during its ... LaVoy Finicum, a 55-year-old rancher from Cain Beds, Arizona, died Tuesday after law enforcement officers initiated the stop near the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon. Individuals who have been close to the occupation – but who asked not to be identified at this time — note that: 1) McConnell was the only participant (other than Miss Sharp) to be released, and, unlike Sharp, he has been an active, armed participant in the occupation, and was the driver of the vehicle carrying Ammon Bundy; 2) McConnell was very hasty, after his release, to put up a video on his Facebook page backing up the story being given to the media by the federal authorities who had just carried out the “murder” of a suspect who is alleged to have had his hands in the air.