FBI agents under investigation for possible misconduct in LaVoy Finicum shooting
Source: The Oregonian
BEND An FBI agent is suspected of lying about firing twice at Robert "LaVoy" Finicium and may have gotten help from four other FBI agents in covering up afterward, authorities revealed Tuesday.
The bullets didn't hit Finicum and didn't contribute to his death, but now all five unnamed agents, part of an elite national unit, are under criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department. Inspector General Michael Horowitz is leading the independent inquiry.
The remarkable disclosure came as a team of local investigators released findings that two state troopers shot Finicium three times in the back during the chaotic scene at a police roadblock Jan. 26. One bullet pierced his heart, an autopsy showed.
A prosecutor ruled the fatal shooting was legally justified, saying state law allows use of deadly force when officers believe a person is about to seriously injure or kill someone. Finicum kept moving his hands toward a pocket that contained a loaded handgun. Although he was shot from behind, Finicum had a trooper in front of him armed with a Taser who was thought to be in danger.
Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/03/oregon_standoff_fbi_agents_und.html
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)Ya killed a high profile white guy.
Now you will feed the conspiracy fever of thousands.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)a fight, constantly waving around a firearm, & threatening to go down in a blaze of gunfire if you don't want ppl to have itchy fingers.
Bonx
(2,053 posts)The FBI would never do something bad to good guys.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)FBI agents are being investigated for not hitting him?
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)I'm still not sure what warrants an investigation. It was the state troupers who shot and killed LaVoy, and they were found to be within the law doing so.
I couldn't find any info on who or what the FBI shot at that would warrant them lying and being investigated.
saturnsring
(1,832 posts)"investigation" had to be done to satisfy the screaming party
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)JesterCS
(1,827 posts)From inside the suv. 10 hours ago uploaded