re: #96 Charles Johnson

If Finicum had stayed in the car when he first stopped and surrendered to the State Police, he’d be alive today. Facing a prison term, yes, but alive. He made the choice to race away from the cops and then, when he couldn’t get around the roadblock, jump out of the car and confront them. It was a series of terrible choices, and at every point he could have been smart. But he wasn’t smart, he was stupid, and now he’s dead as a result.

The right wing is still going to try to make him into a hero, but it’s complete bullshit, as usual. He was no hero, he was an idiot, and now his family is without a father. Maybe in the long run they’ll be better off without a father like that.

I think that he was hoping that it would go down something like the end of “Devils Rejects”

He committed “Suicide By Cop” plain and simple

RBS