A masked guy breaks down your door w/o an Article III warrant absent exigent circumstances? Yeah, I'd agree. Trick will be that pressing the murder charge would be federal since a federal agent dies in the line of official work (though illegal), which would give the president grounds to push for death.

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[–] 3 points 9 months ago

That's jury nullification. The sandwich guy is a perfect example.

By the letter of the law, he did commit assault. Nobody denies what he did, but the jury decided it was unreasonable.

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