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He's right. If I was in charge of a police station and an angry mob swarmed the building, I wouldn't have abandoned it. I would have told officers to "Fire at will."

Famed Harvard Lawyer Alan Dershowitz: We Don’t Have A Definition For Insurrection, Were BLM Protests An ‘Insurrection?’ (msn.com)

Alan Dershowitz believes the Supreme Court will likely rule in favor of allowing Donald Trump to appear on the ballot due to the lack of a clear definition of “insurrection.”He criticizes the decision as anti-democratic and unconstitutional, arguing that the 14th Amendment does not empower states to interfere with citizens’ voting rightsDershowitz expresses concern that affirming this decision could lead to electoral distress and a repeat of the 2020 election controversy.  He emphasized the need for a clear definition of “insurrection” and expresses a desire for a fair electoral process, even if it means voting against Trump.“We don’t even know what an insurrection is!” proclaimed Dershowitz.“He hasn’t been charged with insurrection, he hasn’t been convicted of insurrection,” he continued.“People will say that Biden was involved in an insurrection in allowing thousands of people to come across the border, or the people who were involved in the Black Lives Matter demonstration, or the people today who are protesting in the streets all over the country against American policy toward Israel. Some of these are socialist revolutionaries. You have to have a definition of what an insurrection is,” said Dershowitz.
“In the 60 years I have been teaching and practicing law, I have never seen a decision that is so anti-democratic and unconstitutional. It is absurd,” lamented the longtime defense attorney. "And the BLM riots were far more violent than what happened on January 6th. If there was any insurrection, that was it."