> DeMercurio and Wynn were arrested in the early hours of September 11 after a dispatcher with the Dallas County sheriff’s department observed the men wandering through the closed county courthouse with dark backpacks.

I understand that they didn't resist arrest:

> Deputies were friendly and interested as DeMercurio and Wynn explained how they used a lock-picking device to bypass a locked front door.

Looks like all participating in that initial encountered were having a laugh about this (while the dispatch center of course was running the check/authenticity of the claim). And then the politics/pissing contest started.

It would have been better if they (pentesters) had bodycams to have the evidence of the whole attempt. That would give them extra defensive points in court.

You think it would’ve been possible for them to evade capture? Ala mr. robot style?

Why? Them getting caught proves that the physical security measures worked. Job done, write the report, send it off.

Getting shot is probably not a risk that they’d have been willing to take, given that they were holding (supposed) get out of jail free cards.