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AceCrackshot said:A portion of fed cops are screaming d1cks. How about going after a real violent criminal, chief? There are one or two around.
Simple, a crime of violence isn't necessarily a federal crime. We covered this already, local and state cops have authority to enforce state law. Federal cops have authority to enforce federal law.
Federal and State law may look similar to each other, but they aren't. Take for instance the guy that murdered joggers because they were inter-racial couples. Two were white women and two were black men. Because the federal government doesn't have a law against murder, they tried the shooter for denying these people their civil rights by killing them for a certain reason. The state could turn right around and try the shooter for the murders...viola! No double jeopardy! Gotta love it.
The authority of the federal government is enumerated...and can be summed up as being limited to 1) Import/export 2) Interstate Commerce 3) Crimes against the federal government 4) Matters of national security.
I can see the alleged impersonation of a federal officer as a crime against the federal government or a national security issue. Lack of violence has nothing do do with it.
In summation, most criminal law enforcement responsibility and authority, is on local and state law enforcement agencies.