This isn't a federal case (yet)......the Idaho "State" Police are investigating the "County" deputies who clearly defended themselves by emptying their weapons into an old man with a bolt action rifle that didn't have a round in the chamber and then threw an old woman to the ground and handcuffed her when she tried to go to the aid of her dead husband..............the state is currently awaiting DNA tests that will clear the matter up so the Deputies can end their paid vacation and get back to protecting the citizens of Adams county....
That's correct.
The Feds can pursue their own case if they have determined a civil rights violation has occurred.
Murder, and the lesser charges clear down to manslaughter is a state crime. The state prosecutor handles those.
