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“We want to clarify that we share any and all concerns about safety for everyone involved, including ourselves, our families, the public, and law enforcement officers. All lives are important to us.

Ultimately, we want everyone involved to be able to return safely to their homes and families.

We are deeply troubled and saddened that our governments do not share the same concern for human life.

We are deeply troubled that our governments would view whatever was happening at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge to be worth spilling blood over.

We are deeply troubled and saddened that our governments have come to place so little value on life, liberty, property and pursuit of happiness.

We love LaVoy as our husband, father, grandfather, brother and son.

He was a hero to us.

We believe he died as a patriotic martyr.

Regardless of any and all differing opinions, we know that he died standing for a cause HE believed in.

LaVoy’s funeral will be held in Kanab, Utah on Friday, February 5, 2016.

We take comfort in our faith and our belief that LaVoy is now in a better place.

May our dear Lord bless and receive him into that realm.

We sincerely appreciate all the thoughts and prayers that have been sent our way.

We pray for those who chose to take LaVoy’s life.

We desire justice and genuine accountability for what happened, but we pray for them.

And finally, we thank God for this country and what it is supposed to stand for.

We pray for this country, and that God will please bless, help and forgive us all.

Sources:

http://tinyurl.com/jdowojz

Saturday, January 30, 2016

http://tinyurl.com/jo6uty8

Statement from the LaVoy Finicum family

http://rense.com/general96/FinicumFamilyStatement.pdf

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