Thinking about an alternative take on this.
Guy registers lower with CA DO or whatever.
Some Ass. to the Assistant DA trying to get a promotion makes a list of whoever is not in compliance with their unconstitutional law
They obtain a search warrant from the Court for this list of citizens
Ass DA tells local police chief "execute this order" maybe even an activist chief
Patrol officers get deployed and no choice in the matter
I don't think anyone could have asked for better behavior on behalf of the patrol officers. They were polite, did not destroy his house, and were respectful the whole time.
NES would say they could refuse to participate, and defy the chief but come on really? They have a mortgage too and are the lowest on the totem pole there.
They get screwed either way.
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