LaVoy Finicum to @NBCNews on Jan 6: I’d take death over jail - https://t.co/IOHAupfGvJ

— Marcus Gilmer (@marcusgilmer) January 27, 2016

Asked if he would rather be killed than be arrested — were the occupation to turn violent — 54-year-old occupier LaVoy Finicum, said: “Absolutely … I have no intention of spending any of my days in a concrete box.”