Three arrests? Hah, four street patrol cops arrest that many people in a restaurant in Silicon Valley on a Friday night for something and make the charges stick, and that’s not even immigration issues I’m talking about.
I’ll assume that the purpose instead was one or more of the following:
- Keep the “right wing people are dangerous” storyline going
- Practice makes perfect, a long hot summer is coming
- Show of force — take down a “militia” or two just to give Tea Party folks something to think about
- Fishing expedition (computers, papers taken as “evidence”)
- Property confiscation just for laughs (is also “evidence”, I wonder what percentage will be returned)
I doubt that this is a complete list of possible alternative motives / goals.