Comment: Seeing the first aerial video release a few weeks back, I was concerned about whether or not the police had conducted this operation properly due to how close to the curve they had set up their roadblock, how the police had stationed themselves in dangerous positions at that roadblock, and whether they truly needed to shoot Finicum. The footage was fuzzy with no audio, and I am a big believer that people should comply with police commands in order to avoid a bad outcome, something Finicum clearly did not do, so I reserved judgement for the most part. This new footage with audio, the rationales discussed in the press conference, and the cover up of shots by the FBI all give me greater concern, not less.

It is clearly possible the police may have designed this situation to provoke an opportunity to shoot at least one of the high profile protesters to dissuade others from staging similar protests in the future. I would like to hear those involved swear under oath this was not the case.