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I agree that "being unarmed" does not mean he could not have been in fear of bodily harm. That said - I PROMISE YOU, if I use a firearm in a situation where I am clearly in fear of great bodily harm . . . my local prosecutor would arrest and charge me, and some piece of shit ambulance chasing lawyer would file a wrongful death suit before I made bail. The issue is equality of treatment.

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The biggest problem I have with this is that you act as if defending the capitol and our esteemed Congress people is more important that defending someone's business or home or a police station or a federal building in Portland, etc.. With your logic, since they were defending such special people and special place, (and because the victim was white and conservative - which is most likely the real issue here), they were justified in their shooting of someone who wasn't carrying a firearm. I do…

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Glenn - our politics are diametrically opposed, but there is absolutely no other person I trust more than you to provide an honest assessment of the deep undercurrents shaping our world through the media, government and other cultural institutions. I first started reading your Salon articles as a young man, and you have easily been one of the most influential figures in my formative years. I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to see you drop the yoke that the Intercept has become. As a lawyer…