Not good reporting.
Even if it was a bad bust, you don’t open fire on federal agents.
You submit to arrest and fight it out in the system.
The Federal court system is corrupt and very expensive. The public defenders are clowns. This was just suicide by cop or the perp watched to many movies and thought he could get away under the cover of the fire. I will predict more of this behavior as the reality of the desperate times we live in passes through the denial stage. It will self feed as the Feds bring more “resources” to every arrest and the perps become more desperate - especially when the .gov turns it’s attention to the hard core patriot community.
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Bad busts don’t often end with motels burning down.
My bet: Good bust, should have been years sooner.
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