{"id":1940741,"date":"2023-05-30T16:20:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T20:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-man-faces-prosecution-for-defending-himself-from-violent-anti-republican-attacker\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T16:23:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T20:23:30","slug":"massachusetts-man-faces-prosecution-for-defending-himself-from-violent-anti-republican-attacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-man-faces-prosecution-for-defending-himself-from-violent-anti-republican-attacker\/","title":{"rendered":"MA Man Prosecuted for Self-Defense Against Anti-Republican Attacker."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmassachusetts-man-faces-prosecution-for-defending-himself-from-violent-anti-republican-attacker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1940741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Left&#8217;s War on Self-Defense<\/h2>\n<p>It seems that Democrats are more interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-cant-be-pro-life-and-anti-law-and-order\/\" title=\"Pro-life requires law and order.\">punishing law-abiding citizens<\/a> than violent criminals. Take the case of Kevin Mackie, an Acton, Massachusetts resident who was charged for defending himself from a violent, anti-Republican attacker. Mackie was among several individuals protesting outside of Acton&#8217;s Discovery Museum, which had partnered with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services to host COVID-19 vaccination clinics for kids ages 5 to 11. Protestor Michelle Efendi, who does not describe herself as a Republican, said, &#8220;We think that it&#8217;s just wrong for a museum to exchange services for vaccinations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the protest, Mackie and his fellow demonstrators were confronted by several individuals, including local resident Frederick Smith, who appears to assault Mackie and rip apart his protest sign. Mackie allegedly hit Smith with his megaphone in response. Videos reviewed by The Federalist show Smith pushing Mackie toward the ground and grabbing the sign strapped over the front of Efendi&#8217;s shoulders. Mackie discharged pepper spray into Smith&#8217;s face, and Smith proceeded to hit Mackie with the sign&#8217;s four-foot-long PVC pipe. Smith also swung at Efendi and another protestor before finally walking away.<\/p>\n<p>Smith has a history of animosity towards people with conservative viewpoints, claiming on Facebook that &#8220;there are no good Republicans&#8221; and equating the GOP to &#8220;Nazis.&#8221; Despite the evidence, the Acton Police Department requested that Mackie be charged with trespassing, assault and battery, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Mackie is still facing prosecution from the office of Marian Ryan.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Hypocrisy of Democrat Prosecutors<\/h3>\n<p>The cases of Mackie, Daniel Penny, and Daniel Perry represent a growing trend of Democrat prosecutors allowing violent criminals to walk free while punishing law-abiding Americans for defending themselves from horrendous acts of violence. It&#8217;s time for Americans to stand up for their right to self-defense and demand that Democrat prosecutors start prioritizing justice over politics.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democrats are punishing law-abiding citizens for defending themselves from violence.<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Mackie was charged for defending himself from a violent, anti-Republican attacker.<\/li>\n<li>Frederick Smith has a history of animosity towards people with conservative viewpoints.<\/li>\n<li>The Acton Police Department requested that Mackie be charged with trespassing, assault and battery, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s time for Americans to stand up for their right to self-defense and demand that Democrat prosecutors start prioritizing justice over politics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let Democrats take away your right to self-defense. Share this story and join the fight for justice.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Democratic DA of Middlesex County Engages in Legal Shenanigans<\/h2>\n<p>The case of Mackie, who faces up to 10 years in state prison for assault and battery, has shed light on the double standard of criminal justice in Massachusetts. Mackie&#8217;s lawyer, Ilya Feoktistov, claims that if you protest for the wrong cause, you will be prosecuted no matter what. Meanwhile, Smith cut a deal with the DA&#8217;s office to have all his charges dropped in exchange for several months of pretrial probation and participation in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daunte-wrights-alleged-robbery-victim-releases-testimony-she-never-got-to-give-in-court\/\" title=\"Daunte Wright\u2019s Alleged Robbery Victim Releases Testimony She Never Got To Give In Court\">anger management classes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s an easement that was signed in 2016 by the museum in [Acton] that allows the town to use the sidewalk outside their building,\u201d Feoktistov said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Feoktistov criticized all the charges against Mackie, specifically noting how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-man-faces-prosecution-for-defending-himself-from-violent-anti-republican-attacker\/\" title=\"MA Man Prosecuted for Self-Defense Against Anti-Republican Attacker.\">trespassing charge falls flat<\/a>, given that the location of the protest was on public grounds. In their attempt to prosecute Mackie, Ryan\u2019s prosecutorial team has purportedly engaged in several legal shenanigans. Ryan\u2019s office allegedly violated the pretrial agreement by \u201ccalling an additional witness to testify\u201d after \u201cconsistently represent[ing] to the Court and Mr. Mackie that the Commonwealth\u2019s only evidence at trial would be testimony from the cross-complaint defendant, who would be exercising his Fifth Amendment right not to testify.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ryan\u2019s History of Prosecutorial Misconduct<\/h3>\n<p>Mackie\u2019s case is hardly the only one where Ryan\u2019s legal team has seemingly engaged in unethical behavior. In fact, the Middlesex DA\u2019s office has a documented history of withholding exculpatory evidence in several notable cases. The charges were ultimately dropped on August 31, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>A similar instance occurred in the case of Geoffrey Wilson, a father charged by Ryan\u2019s office with shaking his infant son to death. While initially ruled a homicide, the case\u2019s medical examiner reportedly told prosecutor Katharine Folger in a September 2013 email that he \u201cwanted to change his homicide finding.\u201d The charges were eventually dropped after it was disclosed the baby died from natural causes.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth mentioning that Ryan\u2019s office has been criticized by the U.S. Supreme Court for its reckless prosecutions, specifically by Justice Samuel Alito in the court\u2019s 2016 Caetano v. Massachusetts decision.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Author<\/h3>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">Shawn Fleetwood is a Staff Writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. 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