LaVoy Finicum's death in Oregon occupation prompts memorials across country [View all]

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Yeah, it's totally inexplicable why law enforcement might shoot you, after you spend a month loudly advocating for a revolution against the federal government, announcing your intentions to "defend yourself" from those same people, and then reach for your gun.

Robert "LaVoy" Finicum was shot to death by the side of a remote Oregon road. Few were there to see him die, but hundreds of people around the country have indicated they will attend rallies and vigils in his memory this weekend.

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Though the FBI said Finicum was reaching for a gun before he was shot, some rally organizers said he should not have died.

"If he was breaking laws, they should have arrested him. He didn't have that chance," said Krista Etter, who has scheduled a rally in front of the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach, Florida. "He didn't get to be heard to prove he was guilty of anything."

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One of the largest rallies this weekend is scheduled for Feb. 6 at the Washington Capitol in Olympia. As of Feb. 4, 200 people had indicated they would attend.

"We will stand to show that We, AMERICANS, will never allow one more innocent person to die at the hands of the Government," reads the event description on Facebook.

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/02/lavoy_finicums_death_in_oregon.html#incart_big-photo