The federal goverment is from a different political party, they are NOT the same people that are running the local city goverment. The police that raided this guy's house was the metropolitan police (BA city police), not the federal police.
Important correction: the "metropolitan police" is not the city police. Legally speaking, it's more of a private army that only answer to the executive branch of the city's government. Yes, it's incredibly amazing that such a thing exists.
"Police" it just a word in the name of the institution.
I, and many others have proven in public/open court, that the police/military are completely compromised around the world, and that they are not allowed to act-as or call themselves the police or military anymore.
There are a lot of examples in the US of the government harrasing citizens who report vulnerabilities. The DMCA is typically used to justify this behavior.
I'm not sure what the appropriate conclusion is here.