Originally Posted By: Foxpro.223At first It looked unjustified but it is difficult to tell. Why did they have the road block?
Apparently the federals, law enforcers, and a judge invited them to take part in a fake community meeting that was actually just a ruse to coax them out of the Malhuer Wildlife Refudge.
If I recall correctly the young girl stated that they were shot at first as they were driving along in his vehicle and that is why he tried to speed away and drove off the road into the snow bank. If they shot at him first while he was driving along that would make police the aggressors hence him speed away trying to flee serious bodily harm and crashed into the snow bank, he exited the vehicle with his hands up in the air visible, perhaps they continued firing, he was hit in the side which is why his hands came down and they continued to shoot him down.
I'm going to go with the goon squad standing army were the aggressors that time. This is an execution, premeditated homicide.
You were good as you said perhaps they continued firing, and his hands came down because he got hit in the side. I'm with you there, without better definition and sound that allows correlation of when shots were fired in relation to his hands coming down, there are two possibilities, he reached for a firearm, or he was taking fire and got hit, huge difference. If he had his hands in the air giving up, and the cop started firing that is considered self defense to reach for a gun when being fired on in an unprovoked manner. Criminals get off for shooting cops in those circumstances.
I disagree with you being able to come to your decision and judgement that this is murder, it could be but it will take a bit better video to clear it up. I will stay open minded to better evidence.
As a jurist I could go either way depending on whether the case was made that he reached for his gun, or the cop started firing as his hands were ion the air. One is murder the other is a righteous shooting.