Gov Agents still harassing LaVoy Finicum's wife
Jan 28, 2017 5:54:56 GMT -5
Post by avordvet on Jan 28, 2017 5:54:56 GMT -5
Finicum family, Bureau of Land Management still tangling a year after fatal standoff
Widow fights for grazing rights
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 26, 2017
Ten months after her husband was killed in a standoff with the federal government, Jeanette Finicum was driving her cattle to their winter range in Northern Arizona when she received a message from the Bureau of Land Management: Keep off.
She was told she could not pasture her cows on the grazing allotment she inherited upon the death of her husband, Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, even though she had turned in her application and written a check for fees and fines before making the 50-mile trek.
“We were in the middle of the cattle drive [in October] when we got word that they were not accepting my check,” said Ms. Finicum. “I had to stop because my attorneys didn’t want me to be out of compliance, and I had to find somewhere else to put my cows.”
She was stunned. “Here I am, in the middle of the desert with 150 cows, going, ‘Where am I going to go?’” she said.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/26/finicum-family-bureau-of-land-management-still-tan/
Widow fights for grazing rights
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 26, 2017
Ten months after her husband was killed in a standoff with the federal government, Jeanette Finicum was driving her cattle to their winter range in Northern Arizona when she received a message from the Bureau of Land Management: Keep off.
She was told she could not pasture her cows on the grazing allotment she inherited upon the death of her husband, Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, even though she had turned in her application and written a check for fees and fines before making the 50-mile trek.
“We were in the middle of the cattle drive [in October] when we got word that they were not accepting my check,” said Ms. Finicum. “I had to stop because my attorneys didn’t want me to be out of compliance, and I had to find somewhere else to put my cows.”
She was stunned. “Here I am, in the middle of the desert with 150 cows, going, ‘Where am I going to go?’” she said.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/26/finicum-family-bureau-of-land-management-still-tan/
and why would they continue to harass this woman?
Excessive force, improper police procedures led to LaVoy Finicum's death, lawsuit will claim
Maxine Bernstein, January 26, 2017 at 5:00 AM, updated January 26, 2017 at 3:28 PM
A federal civil rights lawsuit in the death of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum will allege that Oregon State Police and the FBI used excessive force in a confrontation that could have ended peacefully, the Finicum family's lawyer says.
The family also will contend that improper police procedures and lack of communication between state police and FBI agents at the scene contributed to Finicum's shooting death, said attorney Brian Claypool.
The Jan. 26, 2016 police stop of Finicum, 54, a leader of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation, was an "unnecessary escalation, Claypool said.
Jeanette Finicum plans to hold a community meeting in John Day, the town her husband was going to speak at when he was killed. His family wants to share LaVoy's concerns about mismanagement of public lands by the federal government
Finicum, a rancher from Canes Bed, Arizona, raced away from a police stop on U.S. 395 as he was on his way to a community meeting in John Day. He crashed into the side of a snowbank to avoid a police roadblock.
The suit will allege that the FBI fired at Finicum "when he's getting out of his car to surrender," Claypool said. "What's critical is he's not even out of his door and there are gunshots blowing through his windows. That's excessive force 101.''
www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2017/01/lawsuit_will_allege_excessive.html
Maxine Bernstein, January 26, 2017 at 5:00 AM, updated January 26, 2017 at 3:28 PM
A federal civil rights lawsuit in the death of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum will allege that Oregon State Police and the FBI used excessive force in a confrontation that could have ended peacefully, the Finicum family's lawyer says.
The family also will contend that improper police procedures and lack of communication between state police and FBI agents at the scene contributed to Finicum's shooting death, said attorney Brian Claypool.
The Jan. 26, 2016 police stop of Finicum, 54, a leader of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation, was an "unnecessary escalation, Claypool said.
Jeanette Finicum plans to hold a community meeting in John Day, the town her husband was going to speak at when he was killed. His family wants to share LaVoy's concerns about mismanagement of public lands by the federal government
Finicum, a rancher from Canes Bed, Arizona, raced away from a police stop on U.S. 395 as he was on his way to a community meeting in John Day. He crashed into the side of a snowbank to avoid a police roadblock.
The suit will allege that the FBI fired at Finicum "when he's getting out of his car to surrender," Claypool said. "What's critical is he's not even out of his door and there are gunshots blowing through his windows. That's excessive force 101.''
www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2017/01/lawsuit_will_allege_excessive.html
Outgoing Oregon FBI Boss Defends Response To Oregon Standoff
by Conrad Wilson, Jan. 23, 2017 5 p.m.
The FBI’s top law enforcement official in Oregon, Special Agent In Charge Greg Bretzing, is retiring Monday after two decades at the agency.
Bretzing oversaw the FBI’s response to the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last year, as well as mass shootings at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg and Reynolds High School in Troutdale.
Bretzing spoke with OPB reporter Conrad Wilson on Jan. 13 at the FBI’s Portland office about his time with the agency. The interview has been edited for space and clarity.
www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-fbi-special-agent-in-charge-retirement-bretzing/
by Conrad Wilson, Jan. 23, 2017 5 p.m.
The FBI’s top law enforcement official in Oregon, Special Agent In Charge Greg Bretzing, is retiring Monday after two decades at the agency.
Bretzing oversaw the FBI’s response to the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last year, as well as mass shootings at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg and Reynolds High School in Troutdale.
Bretzing spoke with OPB reporter Conrad Wilson on Jan. 13 at the FBI’s Portland office about his time with the agency. The interview has been edited for space and clarity.
www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-fbi-special-agent-in-charge-retirement-bretzing/