Idahoans for Liberty

This open letter was written by Kate Dalley and was originally posted here.

I’ve thought about you. All three of you, with your guns pointed at LaVoy Finicum. The video still haunts me.

I would have been the first one to give you the benefit of the doubt. I was raised around law enforcement. I know good men in law enforcement. But that changed for me, as it did thousands of Americans, with the events that unfurled in Oregon as I felt utterly stunned at what I viewed in that video.

As of a few days ago, there was a custom LaVoy Finicum Lego figurine up for sale on eBay, and the proceeds were going to benefit the family Finicum left behind. The bid was up to $142.50, but the listing has now been removed from eBay despite not being set to expire until Sunday afternoon.

Why the listing was removed from eBay and who initiated the removal is still under investigation.

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This goes beyond “adding insult to injury.” Not content with murdering LaVoy Finicum for protesting the unlawful federal occupation of the West, the government (specifically the city of Burns, Oregon) filed a claim in Harney County Probate Court demanding that Finicum’s family pay $500 for “ambulance advance life support” and “mileage.” How heartless can the government be?

An attorney representing the Finicum family issued the following statement:

The callousness, insensitivity, and poor judgment of Harney County and the City of Burns to send a bill after its own officers murdered their loving family member is truly sickening.