I don't know if this is unfair, pointless, or just plain idiotic, but I will now present the most convincing arguments for the innocence of Finrod.
First of all, we have the order in which the Noldor marched. It is possible that Finrod did not even reach Alqualondë before the battle was over.
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Slower and less eagerly came the host of Fingolfin after them. Of those Fingon was the foremost; but at the rear went Finarfin and Finrod, and many of the noblest and wisest of the Noldor...
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Thrice the people of Fëanor were driven back, and many were slain upon either side; but the vanguard of the Noldor was succoured by Fingon with the foremost of the host of Fingolfin, who coming up found a battle joined and their own kin falling, and rushed in before they knew rightly the cause of the quarrel...
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There is some more evidence against Finrod's participation after the Prophecy of the North is spoken.
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But his [Finarfin's] sons were not with him, for they would not forsake the sons of Fingolfin; and all Fingolfin's folk went forward still, feeling the constraint of their kinship and the will of Fëanor, and fearing to face the doom of the Valar, since not all of them had been guiltless of the Kinslaying at Alqualondë.
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Is the above evidence sufficient to completely acquit Finrod of bloodshed at Alqualondë? Hmm...