Tell me, how do you imagine a PhD student getting in a firefight with five people and not ending up dead?
Also tell me: do you honestly believe that if such thing happened, the psycho-right wouldn't spin this as "violent Brown attacks police who bravely take her down"?
So, you're saying that "suicide by cop" is the better alternative to having hope that lawyers and non-profit orgs help you? Or, I don't know, you get deported but LIVE and manage to get to a civilised country?