That farmer could have avoided all this if he and his neighbors had been active in local politics, emulated the example set by the GI's of Athens Tennessee and organized a recall election with a full ticket of candidates.

Or would you rather have someone actually stop typing, back up the smack they wrote about and get labeled a cop killer-posthuminously?

Your third option of course is to bitch about it on the net and be satisified you've done your duty.