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NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Contact: Cherilyn Bacon Eagar for the LaVoy Finicum family
Cell: 801-592-4245
Email: Cherilyn@CherilynEagar.com

JEANETTE FINICUM RESPONDS TO OREGON


STATE AND FBI INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
March 8, 2016, St. George, UT. -- LaVoy Finicums wife Jeanette Finicum
released this statement at a news conference in St. George, Utah:
The news conference held earlier today in Bend, Oregon to release the
report of the investigation regarding my husbands death was to be
expected. No surprises. The purpose of that announcement was for state
and federal agencies to continue to lay the foundation of their legal case.
However, they also continue to bring forward selective evidence. As in all
such situations there is another side to this story. We will provide a more
thorough analysis at a follow up news conference tomorrow and will be
taking questions at that time. Meanwhile, we continue to maintain my
husbands innocence.
According to the news story from Portland Oregon: "Officials investigating
the death of Robert [LaVoy] Finicum are ready to release results" of the
fatal shooting "during a Jan. 26 traffic stop while trying to arrest the
rancher and others involved in the takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge."
As a family, along with our lawyers, we deny this statement. This was not a
traffic stop. It was an ambush with a roadblock placed on a blind curve
along a lonely stretch of highway. I am told that in law enforcement and
prosecuting circles this is called a Deadmans blockade," and is designed to

allow a kill stop which is illegal.


The news story continues: "The FBI said Finicum was shot after reaching
for a gun...". We reject that statement. The FBI's aerial video was of poor
quality, edited and provided no audio. Our family asserts that he was shot
with both hands up, he was not reaching for anything at the time of the first
shot. He was walking with his hands in the air, a symbol of surrender.
When he reached down to his left hip he was reacting to the pain of having
been shot.
I can hardly believe that a team of qualified law officers could look at the
facts in this case and say that no criminal laws were violated.
How could they have reached this decision in the face of evidence that
clearly shows intent to kill my husband?
We have talked with an independent investigator who has stated that the
video proves a set up assassination.
Many people, including my lawyers, have tried to prepare me for this----be
strong, accept this with peace -----but I dont think anything could
prepare me to accept what is so clearly a finding that challenges the
Constitution that my husband died defending.
I know that under the Constitution the men who shot my husband to death,
while he was surrendering, are entitled to due process of law----but they are
not entitled to walk free and not have to face the same legal process that is a
barrier to you or to me.
They shot my husband, they left him lying in the snowbank---no medical
assistance, no charges, no arraignment, no preliminary hearing, no
indictment, and no trial by a jury, --- and should they just walk free? It just
is not right.
The consolation I have is that hundreds of thousands of Americans have
seen and know the truth and believe as I do that my husband was murdered
intentionally, deliberately and with malice.
My lawyer has assured me that we will seek justice in a different court,

under different circumstances---and I look forward to the day when these


men do face a jury that is unbiased enough to return a fair verdict.
After the Finicum funeral, rallies spontaneously began to organize in many
states. The organizers counted, possibly as many as 300 rallies took place
throughout the country, in every state but Rhode Island.
It has been asked how this movement got such momentum so quickly.
When Americans heard the details of this story and how these American
patriots who have no criminal record and who have stood on the same
interpretation of the US Constitution as Justice Scalia have been treated,
the actions of law enforcement and the FBI have "shock [ed] the
conscience." Our Supreme Court has set as the standard guideline for
practices of law enforcement that are unacceptable to our society, as those
that shock the conscience.
A Deadmans blockade with the intent to kill shocks the conscience.
Shooting to kill with both hand up shocks the conscience.
Violating the 8th Amendment cruel and unusual punishment - by placing
Americans with no criminal records, who are apparently guilty of defending
the US Constitution and the overreach of federal authorities, into solitary
confinement and then removing their constitutional right to bear arms are
two examples of how elected and appointed officials in the court system,
legislative bodies and in law enforcement are violating the Constitution
they swear to uphold.
The Supreme Court has referred to solitary confinement as being violently
insane. The court has recognized that solitary confinement tortures our
human brain and diminishes our God given strength to overcome obstacles.
Solitary confinement is a form of torture that often drives prisoners mad.
Last year a Supreme Court Justice wrote a concurring opinion that
described the history of solitary confinement and said the practice bears a
peculiar mark of infamy in its ability to shatter the minds and spirits of
prisoners.
Who are we? We are outraged that men and women who have no criminal
records and who posed no threat during the protest in Oregon are being
treated as mere animals.

The American people are outraged at this inhumanity, this brutality and
barbarism by the courts and law enforcement. It has created a new
American awakening from both the Left and the Right. It shocks our
conscience. And that is why around 300 rallies spontaneously organized in
support of my husbands assassination and these patriots who are being
held as political prisoners.
Again, my lawyer has assured me that we will seek justice in a different
court, under different circumstances--We will be commenting on the FBIs and Deschutes County press release
tomorrow after we review their findings fully.
Thank you.
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