I was reading the account from the “18 y.o. girl” that VB posted, and I keep coming back to this:

Sharp said that they began to realize that the police “meant business” and that Finicum, who was driving, yelled that he was going to continue driving so that he could “talk to the sheriff.”

That’s just totally fucking nuts. If the Police “mean business”, you don’t keep driving, hoping to find someone more sympathetic.