Jaded, thanks for the rewrite-- if one had read only what was in this article they would think the police chased  him down and shot an innocent man.  It's not so much bias in the media as the attempt to fit a long story in to a short space.
I agree Mr. Finicum was at least  partly responsible for his own death. However, in my view I do believe the police bungled it and  unnecessarily killed a man and created a martyr.  The police at the roadblock knew he was coming  and  should have been prepared and positioned themselves defensively instead of running out in to  danger in the snow; he was shot before they KNEW he had a gun in his jacket; they had no taser to use instead of deadly force;  incredibly they had no video coverage except from the air; new reports are that they fired shots in to the car itself.

All in all an ugly affair brought on by armed occupiers  who can't understand those federal lands belong to ALL of us, not just ranchers, miners and timber companies.