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LaVoy Finicum - Bundy's Curator of Native American Antiquities (Original Post) Snarkoleptic Jan 2016 OP
Yep, it's THAT guy from the Bundy occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Sanctuary grift. Snarkoleptic Jan 2016 #1
Really sick Person 2713 Jan 2016 #2
I didn't recognize him without the blue tarp SwankyXomb Jan 2016 #3

Snarkoleptic

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1. Yep, it's THAT guy from the Bundy occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Sanctuary grift.
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 12:56 PM
Jan 2016
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/eastern-oregon/arizona-protesters-in-malheur-siege-say-state-took-kids/21606399

PHOENIX — Two militia members playing key roles in the siege of an Oregon wildlife refuge say Arizona officials took children out of their homes as part of a campaign to pressure them into surrender.

Arizonans Robert “LaVoy” Finicum and Blaine Cooper, who are two of the more outspoken members of the anti-government occupation, said federal authorities pressured child-welfare officials to retaliate against them days after the siege began.


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Non-profit tax records show that before joining the standoff, Finicum collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in state subsidies caring for foster children ((read: unpaid ranch hands)) at his former ranch in Paulden and his new one near Colorado City.

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