Judge Pittman denied the defense’s self-defense motion, ruling that no reasonable person would believe unlawful force was being used at Prairieland before Song fired. The day was dominated by a parade of FBI agents testifying about searches of defendants’ homes and vehicles — yielding mostly legal items like zines, political stickers, and protest literature — while defense cross-examinations exposed warrantless searches, possible cross-contamination of evidence, and agents who couldn’t define basic terms like “anarcho-communist” or identify an antifa flag without Googling it.

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