I don't hate cops personally, most I've met seem to be decent enough people when not being cops. I hate the way the govt has militarized the police as a whole and made them, the FBI, HRT, etc into hit squads carrying out murders at will, acting as judge, jury and executioner on the side of the road. Someone else referred to them as a cartel and I agree.
They had no right or reason to ambush Finicum in the first place who was headed to see the Sheriff to negotiate a peaceful ending to his trespassing/camping without a license offense, which is all it was. There was no violence, no hostages, no work stoppages, nothing to warrant or justify how over the top the govt went. There was no reason at all for it to come to a head on the road. The only reason it happened was because the govt wanted it that way, violent and bloody.
If they were worried he was going to run they could have escorted him to the meeting and made sure he didn't take off. Nope, the govt didn't want a peaceful ending, they wanted blood and they got it. They wanted to send a message to anyone who doesn't want to bow down to their tyranny and they did that. Well, message received and my response is f-you.
All they have done is tell the next group not to trust any authorities or anyone wanting to negotiate and to come out guns blazing and take out as many govt thugs as they can since they are going to be shot anyway.
