Participants said the effort is intended to reinforce constitutional limits on federal power by ensuring that federal officers are not shielded from accountability when their actions allegedly violate state law. He added, “If you break state law, you’ll have to answer to state authorities. She told residents that while she urges peaceful protest, federal officers who violate state law would be prosecuted. “Federal officials who engage in unlawful acts in this county will be prosecuted and held accountable by this community,” he said. “Never in my life and never in my 43 years of practicing law have I seen federal law enforcement weaponized against American citizens or otherwise peaceful individuals,” he said.