> It doesn’t matter

This is insane to me. It absolutely does matter whether the person actually shot at the cops or not. The idea that people should be free to go around shooting other people because it's a cause they believe in is when society really falls apart.

I am curious why my post was downvoted so much. It's like people don't want to even wait until the facts are fully known. They want to go with the side that validates their preconceived narrative (whichever narrative that is), reality be damned.

They threatened his life and then blamed him for another cop mis-firing on the cop...

> The idea that people should be free to go around shooting other people because it's a cause they believe in is when society really falls apart.

This is literally what the cops already do

You are arguing that climate protestors should be able to shoot people without repercussions?

He’s arguing that people with the “correct” politics are more equal than others.

Humankind went down that road plenty of times in 20th century. It always ended poorly.