Yes, that’s always a good reason to prosecute someone, to prevent the Bolshevik mob from rioting.
(I shouldn’t need it, but experience tells me I do ... /SARC)
If this man is charged with a crime just to please the commies, it’s past time for civil war. That’s just not the way we do business in this nation. Are we going to stand and watch a man sacrifice his whole life because he defended his life?