In November of 1986 I had an assistant DA in Corpus Christi, TX threaten my life.
She made it clear she could have the police kill me any time she wanted and she would see to it that it was done legally.
Did they ever try?
Yes they did.
Would have done it too except the idiots tried to make it look like an accident.
Cop totaled a brand new police cruiser in the process.
Anyone that would even contemplate giving the govt this authority is past insane.
In the eyes of many dems, if the govt can get this authority while a dem is in power, the dems will never be out of power.
Suddenly all opposition to the dems will be involved in “accidents”.
House blows up because of gas leak. A wire in the cars fuel tank ignited the tank. Blew themselves up while making a bomb.
I’ve got a Hutaree “militia” member living less than a half mile away. Killing him in a drone strike would have been a whole let less embarrassing for the administration than all those acquittals that resulted from the high profile raid.
After all, they were supposedly plotting against government. (it was actually an informant inspired bull session that was tame compared to some of what we see openly posted here at FR)