He had a clear intention to be shot by the cops. Not sure what could be surprising about the fact that it happened.
I’ve tried to be even keeled, when reading stories about this group...but this caught my eye:
“...reach for the waistband...”
Last week, Finicum was involved in taking an alleged spy camera off a pole (and I have been critical of it, since it was just the power company’s camera). But in the video of that episode, it is clear that he open carries a large pistol in a holster.
Maybe the video will clear things up...but I’m not yet ready to automatically accept the ‘reached for his waistband’ story.