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> The person in question was also already committing a crime by continuing to block federal government operations.

You just made this up, no jury ever ruled that.

>>bigyab+(OP)
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=obstruction+of+police+officer+usa gives many results that clearly demonstrate that willfully impeding federal LEO (including physically, as in this case) is a federal crime.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=can+protesters+block+traffic+usa similarly establishes that blocking traffic is not lawful and does not become lawful simply because of free speech protections on protest.