OSP gets threats after LaVoy Finicum’s death

[struggle4progress]

Eileen Park and KOIN 6 News Staff
Published: February 14, 2016, 1:08 pm
Updated: February 15, 2016, 5:14 am

... The Oregon State Police said they’ve received death threats from all over the US.

State Rep. Jeff Barker has introduced a bill that would temporarily delay the release of the name of the officer who shot Finicum. House Bill 4087 already unanimously passed the Oregon House Judiciary Committee.

“The superintendent of the Oregon State Police came to my office and said they had a real problem that needed to be addressed,” Barker, a Democrat from Aloha, told KOIN 6 News. ...

The bill would give a law enforcement unit the option to petition a circuit court judge to temporarily withhold the identity of an officer for 90 days ...

http://koin.com/2016/02/14/osp-gets-threats-after-lavoy-finicums-death/

[uppityperson]

1. Damn terrorists

[flamin lib]

2. That's the thing about gun rights activists. Say or do anything they don't totally approve of

and they threaten death. Michael Bloomberg gets death threats daily. Shannon Watts gets death threats daily. A Maryland gun dealer who offered a single Smart Gun to his customers alongside the host of conventional guns on his shelves was issued death threats.

Anybody heard of deaths threats against Ted Nugent from gun violence activists? Wayne LaPierre? Anybody? Anybody?

[beevul]

3. There is no evidence that the threats referred to in the OP were made by gun rights activists.

There is no evidence that the threats referred to in the OP were made by gun rights activists.

Anybody heard of deaths threats against Ted Nugent from gun violence activists? Wayne LaPierre? Anybody? Anybody?

No. Anti-gun threat makers are a bit more subtle, and we have actual evidence of it:

"he should have broken his damn arms..." Said about a black man lawfully carrying a gun:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172159686#post1