As I have noted else where, nonviolent means different things to this bunch then to the rest of us.
To us nonviolent means, well, nonviolent. To them it means that they don't get hurt. Conservatives, police officers, military, business owners and bystanders are "fair game."
EXACTLY.
Too right. Of course, by any normative standard, this person IS violent... thus prompting the Secret Service interview; lucky for him the Secret Service quickly deduced that tendency was mitigated by craven cowardice.
I can only imagine the ride back to the office after THAT interview! They should have gone back and charged him with attempted hypoxia against a federal agent.