![]() Personal background Īccording to the High Country News, "the public record on Finicum is thin prior to 2014". īefore the occupation, Finicum lived in Arizona where he made a living as a foster parent and operated a no-income cattle ranch. Officers later found a loaded weapon in his pocket. ![]() Finicum made two motions to his jacket while yelling at police that they would have to shoot him. When Finicum's truck was finally stopped by a roadblock, he exited the vehicle into deep snow and was fired upon, but the officers missed. ![]() On January 26, 2016, law enforcement officers attempted to arrest Finicum and other occupation leaders while they were traveling on a remote highway to meet with supporters in the next county. He was the only fatality of the occupation. After it began, the occupying force organized itself as the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, of which Finicum was a spokesman. Robert LaVoy Finicum (January 27, 1961 – January 26, 2016) was one of the American militants who staged an armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January 2016. ![]()
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