The final days of an Oregon occupier

[struggle4progress]

Matt Pearce and William Yardley
January 29

... In recent weeks, Finicum, 55, hinted often at his willingness to die, of how he’d prefer death over sitting in a jail cell where he couldn’t look up at the stars ...

Finicum braked, veering off the road to the left — around a spike strip, officials said — and nearly hitting an FBI agent who had darted away from the roadblock. The truck came to a stop in a deep snowbank.

The soundless video taken from a surveillance aircraft shows Finicum springing out with his hands in the air seconds later.

“Just shoot me, then!” he called out, according to one of his passengers, Victoria Sharp ..

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-oregon-shooting-20160129-story.html

[valerief]

1. I'm looking forward to the Portlandia episode about these loons.

I'll be disappointed if they don't have one.