Oregon Boy Names His Prize-Winning Steer "LaVoy Finicum"

It came in third place at the Douglas County Fair.

By Johanna Bernhard

A 10-year-old Roseburg boy named his prize-winning steer after slain anti-government militant LaVoy Finicum.

Ryley Schneider's 1,030-pound, black Maine-Anjou steer came third place Thursday at the Douglas County Fair in Southern Oregon.

A story published Sunday in the Roseburg News-Review says Schneider chose the name in honor of the spokesman "who stood up for all our rights" during the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January.

Robert "LaVoy" Finicum was subsequently shot and killed during a police confrontation.

"When I heard the news I didn't feel happy," Schneider told the News-Review. "He was standing up for everyone's rights and then he got shot and died. I just didn't like that."

Schneider told News-Review he plans to donate $200 of his winnings to Finicum's wife.

At the fair, Schneider proceeded to hand out pocket-sized versions of the US constitution to police officers, the News-Review reports.

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