No they didn’t and they lost their heads. This government has been asking for it for a while but has aggravated forces much greater than themselves that can destroy them with rediculous ease. What is going to be displayed is more horrible than anything man can do.
So are you saying you expect an open, violent popular rebellion against the federal government? Armed revolution to depose the ruling political class? That's the "dark, horrible days" I fear lie ahead for us.