[mac_truck]

You act like throwing Merryman in jail was a cardinal sin. I would have shot him.

[GOPcapitalist]

You act like throwing Merryman in jail was a cardinal sin.

In the realm of constitutional law, the means used to arrest him was indeed a cardinal sin. Habeas Corpus is known as "The Great Writ" for a reason: it is the primary basis of all other rights within the judicial system.

I would have shot him.

And, excepting the event that you fired in order to protect your own person or property, you would have been rightly prosecuted for murder upon doing so.